Vocational education is an education for all workers, and its goal is to train workers with certain vocational skills to meet the needs of social and economic development. Vocational education includes secondary vocational education and higher vocational education, among which secondary vocational education includes vocational middle schools and senior technical schools.
Technical secondary school education is aimed at specific occupational groups, and its goal is to train intermediate technical workers or managers with certain professional knowledge and skills. Technical secondary education usually includes secondary specialized schools and adult secondary specialized schools.
In content, vocational education pays more attention to the cultivation of practical skills, while secondary school education pays more attention to the study of professional knowledge. Formally, vocational education pays more attention to practical teaching, while secondary school education pays more attention to theoretical teaching. In terms of evaluation methods, vocational education pays more attention to students' practical ability, while secondary education pays more attention to students' mastery of professional knowledge.
The difference between vocational education and technical secondary schools lies in objectives, contents, methods and results.
1. goal: the goal of vocational education is to train workers with certain vocational skills to meet the needs of social production and life. The goal of secondary school education is to cultivate middle and senior technical talents with certain professional theoretical knowledge and skills.
2. Content: The content of vocational education is mainly practical skills training, such as electrician, auto repair, cooking, etc. The content of secondary school education includes the study of professional theoretical knowledge and skills such as computer science and electronic technology.
3. Mode: Vocational education mainly adopts the mode of practical teaching, which enables students to master practical skills through practice and training. Middle school education pays more attention to theoretical teaching, and enables students to master professional knowledge through classroom teaching and experimental teaching.
4. Results: The result of vocational education is to enable students to have certain vocational skills and be able to directly engage in production and service work. The result of technical secondary school education is to enable students to have certain professional theoretical knowledge and skills, and to engage in related technical work or management work.