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Hong Kong Conventional & Exhibition Centre

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IVETA 2000 Conference Proceedings

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The 21st century is a new era in which information technology is developing rapidly and the demand from labor force market has broken the traditional concept of education. Vocational education and training as a life education is now regarded as a new type of educational system. But how to help this new system further develop so as to become gradually perfect is a big issue which calls for exploration in our country. We have done a great deal of beneficial exploration in this field and have founded a new Information Technology College by taking the advantage of teaching resources from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), which is one of key universities in China, and the capital from two companies. It is a sub-college of NPU, but it has independent running system. We have gained initial experience in the reform of curriculum development, construction of laboratories and training center, employment of teachers, teaching quality control and evaluation. And we are willing to share them with other participants. Functional words: vocational education and training, teaching resources, teaching quality control, practice training, field school. As the 21st century becomes a new era in which information technology is developing rapidly, the new development of high-tech, which is changing by each passing day, has broken the traditional concept of education. And vocational education and training as a life education now has developed into a new type of educational system. In "the Project of facing 21st century and vitalizing Education", the State Ministry of Education clearly points out that we should vigorously develop our higher vocational education and training, improve the technological and literature quality of all our civilians and promote employment so as to meet the urgent needs in developing our national economy. It also points out that higher vocational education must face local economic construction and social development, meet the demand of labor market, foster qualified personnel for the first line of production, service and management so as to show its unique characteristics. Therefore, the study and research of the demand in the development of Chinese higher vocational education and exploring diverse patterns of developing this new system becomes a heating topic in our higher educational circle. Based on the State Council's policy of developing higher vocational education and the strategy of developing infrastructure in western China, the school authority of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) decided to found a new college at the beginning of 1999, NPU-GL Information and Technology College, and started enrollment in the same year. The new college is now composed of 6 departments with 10 specialties. From the experience we gained from practice over the past years, we'll explore a new pattern of higher vocational education and discuss some of the issues concerned.

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Exploring a new pattern of vocational education and training

Hong Kong Conventional & Exhibition Centre

The 21st century is a new era in which information technology is developing rapidly and the demand from labor force market has broken the traditional concept of education. Vocational education and training as a life education is now regarded as a new type of educational system. But how to help this new system further develop so as to become gradually perfect is a big issue which calls for exploration in our country. We have done a great deal of beneficial exploration in this field and have founded a new Information Technology College by taking the advantage of teaching resources from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), which is one of key universities in China, and the capital from two companies. It is a sub-college of NPU, but it has independent running system. We have gained initial experience in the reform of curriculum development, construction of laboratories and training center, employment of teachers, teaching quality control and evaluation. And we are willing to share them with other participants. Functional words: vocational education and training, teaching resources, teaching quality control, practice training, field school. As the 21st century becomes a new era in which information technology is developing rapidly, the new development of high-tech, which is changing by each passing day, has broken the traditional concept of education. And vocational education and training as a life education now has developed into a new type of educational system. In "the Project of facing 21st century and vitalizing Education", the State Ministry of Education clearly points out that we should vigorously develop our higher vocational education and training, improve the technological and literature quality of all our civilians and promote employment so as to meet the urgent needs in developing our national economy. It also points out that higher vocational education must face local economic construction and social development, meet the demand of labor market, foster qualified personnel for the first line of production, service and management so as to show its unique characteristics. Therefore, the study and research of the demand in the development of Chinese higher vocational education and exploring diverse patterns of developing this new system becomes a heating topic in our higher educational circle. Based on the State Council's policy of developing higher vocational education and the strategy of developing infrastructure in western China, the school authority of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) decided to found a new college at the beginning of 1999, NPU-GL Information and Technology College, and started enrollment in the same year. The new college is now composed of 6 departments with 10 specialties. From the experience we gained from practice over the past years, we'll explore a new pattern of higher vocational education and discuss some of the issues concerned.