Vocational Education Workbook-style textbooks:Intrinsic Essence and External Function
The complexity of vocational education determines the diversity of textbooks.Only by starting with the internal structure of workbook-style textbooks and clarifying the specific connotations of workbook-style textbooks for different vocational education subcategories can we promote the intermediate,higher,and undergraduate integration of workbook-style textbooks in vocational colleges.The workbook-style textbooks used in secondary vocational schools mainly select procedural and directional work tasks to enable students to acquire entry-level professional qualifications.The workbook-style textbooks used in junior colleges primarily select problem-related work tasks,allowing students to experience the entire process of solving more complex problems.The workbook-style textbooks used in undergraduate vocational colleges mainly select comprehensive work tasks to enable students to master solid professional theoretical knowledge and creatively solve complex on-site technical problems.Based on the analysis of the current external environment for the development of vocational education,workbook-style textbooks have external functions such as promoting high-quality and full employment of society members,promoting industrial transformation and development,serving social development,advancing the reform of teachers,teaching materials,and teaching method,promoting the development of the discipline of vocational and technical education,and promoting international exchanges.Delving into the essence of workbook-style textbooks from the professional and course levels is an essential approach to realizing their reform functions.