Mechanisms for Developing Secondary Vocational Education Policies in China during the 21st Century

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K21305
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education; Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Prefectural University of Hiroshima
• Principal Investigator: Masuda (Uemura) Hiromi (植村広美) 県立広島大学, 人間文化学部, 准教授 (10614000)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 中国 / 中等職業教育 / 市場化 / 産学連携 / 三農問題

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to throw light on the ways in which vocational education policies have been developed in China since 2000. To this end, this study (i) examines the provisions of laws and regulations pertaining to secondary vocational education reforms initiated by central and local governments and (ii) analyzes the training curriculum, vocational courses and classes, and methods of student recruitment of some vocational schools. These analyses show that vocational education policy in the 21st century-the “time of marketization”-has been finally freed from government control. In fact, vocational schools in China have enjoyed substantial discretionary power since the mid-2000s.

Free Research Field

比較教育学