Promoting the Quality of Chinese Higher Vocational Education by General Education

Yongbo Lai, Hongyao Ni

Department of Business, Nantong Textile Vocational Technology College, Nantong, China.
Department of Electrical Engineering, Jiangsu College of Information Technology, Wuxi, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2012.37176                

Abstract

Due to the quality lack of Chinese higher vocational education, this paper analyzes the quality of the higher vocational education, from the point of dominant and recessive qualities of cultivating talents respectively. Based on the present situation of vocational education, this paper puts forward to apply the general education of international advanced universities, to improve the quality of education, moreover, proposed practical ways to implement intrinsic quality development of higher vocational education in China.

Keywords

Higher Vocational Education; Dominant Quality; Recessive Quality; General Education

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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