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The Situation, Difficulties, and Optimization Path of Overseas Education in Chinese Vocational Colleges

Author(s)

Xiaorong Chen

Affiliation(s)

Culinary College of Chongqing Business Vocational College, Chongqing, China

Abstract

Overseas operation of vocational colleges is an important content and carrier of vocational education opening up to the outside world. In recent years, Chinese vocational colleges have made efforts to explore overseas education models that are compatible with the "going global" of vocational education, playing an important role in promoting international cultural exchanges, expanding education openness to the outside world, and enhancing the international influence of China's vocational education. The overseas education of Chinese vocational colleges is showing a trend of continuously expanding the scale and scope of education, highlighting key areas of educational projects, and gradually diversifying educational models. Due to factors such as the international environment and the competitiveness of vocational colleges, Chinese vocational colleges face challenges in overseas education, including cultural differences and curriculum adaptation, insufficient funding, shortage of teaching staff, inadequate legal system, and inadequate quality assurance system. The article proposes that vocational colleges should optimize their overseas education by formulating differentiated development strategies, enhancing international cooperation levels, strengthening school enterprise cooperation, increasing support and guarantees, and developing blended education, based on the above challenges.

Keywords

China; Vocational Colleges; Overseas Education; Challenge; Optimization Path

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