First of all, they have different meanings:
1. The meaning of ordinary higher vocational education: Higher vocational education is an important part of China's education, including higher vocational education, higher vocational education and adult higher education. It is a type of educational development and shoulders the mission of cultivating talents for economic and social construction and development; At the same time, higher vocational education is also a high-level education in China's vocational education system.
2. The meaning of specialty: specialty refers to higher vocational education, which is an integral part of higher education and one of the levels of university education. In China, professional education is undertaken by higher vocational colleges, and some undergraduate colleges also offer specialized courses. College diploma level does not issue a degree certificate, but an ordinary college diploma.
Second, their training objectives are different:
1, the training goal of general higher vocational education: mainly to enable scholars to acquire practical ability (including skills and knowledge, etc. ) is required by a specific occupation or occupational group and provides a path to a certain occupation.
Because the curriculum plan of 5B belongs to the intermediate type between the general discipline type and the direct employment type, its training goal is correspondingly the intermediate technical type between the discipline research type and the direct operation type. Because the training goal is the most important core connotation, it will be analyzed in detail later.
2. Specialist training objectives: to train middle and senior talents with certain professional knowledge and skills; Cultivate talents who can adapt to production, management, service and technical application; In order to cultivate senior talents with certain theoretical knowledge and professional skills who can engage in a certain occupation or a certain kind of work, the teaching of their knowledge is based on "sufficiency" and "practicality".
Third, the academic system of the two is different:
1. Academic system of general higher vocational education: Higher vocational education covers a wide range, and requires high theory and practice, knowledge and skills, experience and attitude. It does not take 2-3 years to reach the training goal, even if it can be achieved in some aspects (such as personal skills), it is not enough to reach the general level of higher education. As for some special majors, the courses may be longer and the level is higher.
3. College education system: College education is mainly divided into full-time college and part-time college. Full-time college students are usually admitted by national colleges and universities through the national unified examination. Part-time colleges are mainly divided into adult higher education and other types, and there is no fixed length of study. Students can study in relevant educational institutions or study by themselves.
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