The Reform of Global TVET: Challenges and Possibilities

Yuerong ZHOU, Chan ZHANG

Abstract


Global vocational education is facing new historical opportunities and challenges. Global and regional organizations such as UNESCO, the World Economic Forum, the World Economic Cooperation Organization, the European Commission are releasing reports to analyze the existing problems of vocational education and build international cooperation and exchange platforms. And international organizations and governments are constantly searching for a new pattern for the development of vocational education. This paper summarizes the challenges of vocational education in terms of sustainable development, global national and regional qualifications frameworks, digital transformation and optimization of vocational education ecosystems. And the paper also puts forward corresponding countermeasures and recommendations by combing pertinent reports and literature.


Keywords


Global Technical Vocational and Education (TVET); TVET Current state and challenge; TVET reform and revolution; TVET sustainable development

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/13609

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