Understanding Chinese national vocational education reform: a critical policy analysis

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Journal of Vocational Education and Training Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI:10.1080/13636820.2021.1998195

Siyu Liu, I. Hardy

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Drawing on Carol Bacchi’s post-structural analytical approach, this study examines the nature of recent policy reforms in China in relation to vocational education (VE). The article reveals key problem representations that characterise the Implementation Plan of National Vocational Education Reform (IPNVER) issued by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 2019, and how these have arisen in light of previous reforms. These previous reforms relate to China’s policies, laws and regulations with respect to the higher vocational education system since the ‘opening up’ in 1978. The study reveals that the VE policy in China is strongly governed by ‘economic logics’ in the context of neoliberal globalisation, even as it exhibits various ‘Chinese characteristics’, and that developing VE is seen as a solution to promoting Chinese economic and social development. However, at the same time, important issues are also ‘silenced’ as a result of the dominance of more economic logics in national VE policy. The article suggests policymakers need to pay more attention to developments in regional education, the social welfare issues of poorer working urban and rural peoples, and the mental health of citizens, while developing the national economy.

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理解中国民族职业教育改革:关键的政策分析

摘要:本研究借鉴卡罗尔·巴奇的后结构分析方法，探讨了中国近期职业教育政策改革的本质。本文揭示了2019年中华人民共和国国务院发布的《国家职业教育改革实施方案》(IPNVER)的主要问题表征，以及这些问题是如何在之前的改革中产生的。这些先前的改革涉及中国自1978年“开放”以来有关高等职业教育体系的政策、法律和法规。研究表明，在新自由主义全球化背景下，中国的VE政策受到“经济逻辑”的强烈支配，即使它表现出各种“中国特色”，并且发展VE被视为促进中国经济和社会发展的解决方案。然而，与此同时，由于更多的经济逻辑在国家经济政策中占主导地位，重要问题也被“沉默”了。本文建议决策者在发展国民经济的同时，应更多地关注区域教育的发展、城乡贫困劳动者的社会福利问题和公民的心理健康问题。

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Journal of Vocational Education and Training EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Vocational Education and Training is a peer-reviewed international journal which welcomes submissions involving a critical discussion of policy and practice, as well as contributions to conceptual and theoretical developments in the field. It includes articles based on empirical research and analysis (quantitative, qualitative and mixed method) and welcomes papers from a wide range of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. The journal embraces the broad range of settings and ways in which vocational and professional learning takes place and, hence, is not restricted by institutional boundaries or structures in relation to national systems of education and training. It is interested in the study of curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, as well as economic, cultural and political aspects related to the role of vocational and professional education and training in society. When submitting papers for consideration, the journal encourages authors to consider and engage with debates concerning issues relevant to the focus of their work that have been previously published in the journal. The journal hosts a biennial international conference to provide a forum for researchers to debate and gain feedback on their work, and to encourage comparative analysis and international collaboration. From the first issue of Volume 48, 1996, the journal changed its title from The Vocational Aspect of Education to Journal of Vocational Education and Training.