Research on key issues and countermeasures facing higher vocational education in the context of overseas expansion
Jing Chen
Suzhou Vocational Institute of Industrial Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/bam.v8i1.13599
Keywords: vocational education going global; key issues; solutions
Abstract
Against the backdrop of China's accelerated global expansion of production capacity, technology and standards, vocational education's overseas outreach is evolving from fragmented initiatives into a comprehensive strategic deployment. Drawing upon current overseas educational practices of higher vocational institutions, this paper identifies four key bottlenecks: inadequate implementation of national strategies due to strategic gaps; standardization hindered by overly uniform teaching materials; instructional disruption caused by insufficient dual-competence faculty; and accumulated brand risks stemming from the absence of evaluation and mutual recognition mechanisms. To address these challenges, a four-pronged macro-level pathway is proposed: tiered and categorized orientation, open-source knowledge communities, global faculty development programmes, and cloud-based quality assurance mutual recognition. This framework employs negative lists, modularized teaching materials, blockchain-based quality control, and multilateral certificate mutual recognition to achieve cross-border synergy between educational and industrial chains. The research provides a replicable framework for advancing vocational education overseas from project-based initiatives to comprehensive strategies, serving both international industrial capacity cooperation and enriching global vocational education governance with Chinese solutions.
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