The Role Dilemmas and Resolution Paths of Vocational Education from the Perspective of the Integration of Education, Technology, and Talent
Abstract
The integration of education, technology, and talent is a strategic institutional arrangement for China to build a high-quality education system and achieve innovation-driven development in the new era. As the main platform for cultivating technical and skilled talents, vocational education faces dilemmas such as ambiguous role positioning, conflicting role expectations, and insufficient role capabilities when it comes to the coupling of the three functions of “education-technology-talent”. Based on the analytical framework of role theory and structural functionalism, this paper proposes three paths: clarifying role positioning through the integration of vocational and general education, reconstructing role expectations through the integration of science and education, and enhancing role capabilities through the integration of industry and education. These paths provide theoretical references and practical guidance for optimizing the function of vocational education in the collaborative innovation system.
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