Global Education Perspectives

Core connotation, theoretical basis and policy evolution of collaborative innovation among vocational education, higher education and continuing education

Ye Tian

Changchun Technical University Of Automobile, Changchun, Jilin, 130013, China

Keywords: vocational education; higher education; continuing education; collaborative innovation

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Abstract

Vocational education, higher education and continuing education each have different function directions, meanwhile they supplement and support each other mutually. Breaking the obstacles of separate development and achieving deep cooperation among the three kinds of education is an inevitable tendency that is for adapting to high-quality economic and social development and promoting individuals' lifelong all-round development. This research systematically puts in order the core meaning, theoretical basis, and policy development background of the cooperative innovation of the three kinds of education, therefore it aims to offer theoretical references for pushing their deep integration and building an integrated talent training system in the new era.

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