A Study on Labor Education in Higher Vocational Education in China: A Case Study of the Faculty of Culture Creativity and Tourism in Yuncheng Vocational and Technical University

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This research aimed (1) to identify issues in implementing labor education at Yuncheng Vocational and Technical University, and (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of Yuncheng Vocational and Technical University’s labor education programs in cultivating students’ labor spirit, labor concepts, labor values and labor skills. The quantitative approach was applied to this research, for which the research population included students from the Faculty of Culture Creativity and Tourism in Yuncheng Vocational and Technical University, with the total number of 1,360. The tool of data collection was a questionnaire. The number of valid sampling size was 300, for which the stratified sampling was combined with simple sampling to collect data which were analyzed through frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and descriptive analysis.

The research results showed that (1) the implementation of labor education at Yuncheng Vocational and Technical University was not ideal, and (2) Students from Yuncheng Vocational and Technical University had shown a high overall level of labor literacy, especially in terms of labor value and skill, with some room for improvement. By studying the application of labor education, it was possible to integrate labor education into the teaching of vocational colleges, achieve the integration of labor education and regular education, and help students develop worldviews, values and outlooks on life. In addition, labor education, through systematic and organized theoretical learning and practical teaching, was able to correct students’ perceptions of labor and help to improve their
overall and comprehensive quality, which also played a role in providing a reference basis for vocational colleges to carry out labor concept education.