Research On The Hierarchy Structure Of Vocational Education In China

The rationality of the hierarchy structure of vocational education(HSVE) directlyaffects the development of vocational education function, which becomes the basicproblem of the theory of vocational education. The aim of research on the hierarchystructure of vocational education is to elaborate the reasonable relationship betweenthe elements of a hierarchy structure of vocational education and to boost to build amodern structural system of vocational education in China, which trains the technicaland skillful talents to adapt to the social and economic development. According to thetheory of structural functionalism, the paper analyses the hierarchy structure ofvocational education based on the research method of literature study, historical study,comparative study and survey study.The paper analyses the data from the history ofthe hierarchy structure of vocational education in China and the experience fromAmerica and Taiwan, puts forward some theories to study the hierarchy structure ofvocational education, and proposes some suggestions to adjust the hierarchy structureof modern vocational education in China.According to the above study, the following conclusions are drawn. Firstly, thehierarchy structure of vocational education is changing and is effected by external andinternal factors in different historical phrases. In China,with the development of socialhistory,the affect of political factors is less and less,and the affect of economic factorsis stronger and stronger. With the development of technology,the level of vocationaleducation must be higher and higher;Secondly, the hierarchy structure of vocationaleducation in America and Taiwan is connected with all muvanondecc ealteti aisto rhn aetadr laas poientcdaiiunbacglel a notitebooejn ed ct thtahienve edrsseo,t chadieraiesl pv soraooncmpdato eireo tmcniooaannlto,te meddriiussc ccedaoxetniiotsvitenn l ubolewiepvthtmeywelsi c,e n hteta;n hnTdce h a aigntlar’ldet l ellnmenyev,rt aeese lilsn etw, d phsCueouhcao cciphntial aoena’nss’st’bliyfe lothneg lceoamrnbiinnagt;iFoonu rtbheltyw, etehne htiheera rtcyhpye storuf cttuarleen otsf vaoncda tiothnea l leedvuecl atoiof n viso cdaitvioidneadlqualification standards;Fifthly,Secondary vocational education, short cycle vocationaleducation,applied undergraduate education and professional degree education arebelong to vocational education;Sixthly,the formal connection of educational systembetween different levels can be relealizeid by the government policy,but the real connection between different levels is realized by the system of vocational educationcurriculum.