A Comparison of Labor Competence of College Students in Different Educational Tracks: A Study Based on a Survey in Guangxi University of Foreign Languages
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This article is a case study of students' labor competence in two different educational tracks from the Guangxi University of Foreign Languages. According to research findings, there was no significant difference in the overall level of labor competence between ordinary undergraduates and vocational students, and there were disparities in labor competence in specific dimensions, including labor consciousness, labor knowledge, labor qualities, and labor creativity, between the two groups. Ordinary undergraduates significantly outperformed vocational college students in the dimension of labor consciousness, whereas the latter scored higher in the dimension of labor knowledge. Both groups scored poorly in terms of labor creativity. Also discussed is the importance of cultivating innovation ability, building labor knowledge, shaping labor values, and improving off-campus labor education participation among college students.
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Labor Competence, Educational Track, Labor Consciousness, Labor Knowledge, Labor Qualities, Labor Creativity
This study is part of the research project titled “The Impact of Life-Based Labor Education in the Industry-Education Collaboration Efforts on College Students’ Character Building” (Project # 2022ZJY1892) supported by the “2022’s Practical Education and Labor Education Research Program” under Guangxi Province’s 14th Five-Year Plan for Education Sciences.
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