1. Connotation
The connotation of vocational education mainly includes the following aspects:
(1) Professional quality education: to cultivate students' professional ethics, professional awareness, professionalism and professionalism.
(2) Vocational skills education: to cultivate students' vocational skills and practical ability, so that they have the skills and abilities needed to engage in a certain occupation.
(3) Vocational knowledge education: to cultivate students' professional knowledge and theoretical level, so that they have the knowledge and theoretical basis needed to engage in a certain occupation.
(4) Vocational adaptation education: to cultivate students' vocational adaptability, so that they can adapt to the changes and challenges of career development.
2. Features
The characteristics of vocational education mainly include the following aspects:
(1) Strong practicability: Vocational education focuses on cultivating students' vocational skills and practical ability, so that they can have the practical ability needed to engage in a certain occupation.
(2) Strong pertinence: Vocational education offers relevant courses according to the needs of different occupations to cultivate students' professional quality and skills.
(3) Flexibility: The teaching contents and methods of vocational education are flexible and diverse, and personalized teaching can be carried out according to the needs and characteristics of different students.
(4) Close integration with industry: vocational education is closely integrated with industry, focusing on cultivating students' vocational adaptability and innovation ability to meet the needs of industrial development.
(5) Diversified development: Vocational education develops in various forms, including vocational high schools, vocational and technical colleges, vocational training and other forms to meet the needs of different students.