Regional Differences,Spatial Effects and Dynamic Evolution of Secondary Vocational Education Scale in China
Based on the data of 31 provinces in China from 2015 to 2021,this paper measures and evaluates the regional differences,spatial agglomeration structure and evolution trend of the scale of secondary vocational education in China by using Theil index,global Moran index,local Moran index,cold and hot spot analysis,kernel density function.The research results show that:Firstly,there are reasonable differences in the scale of secondary vocational education in China,and the degree of differences has slightly increased.Secondly,there is a positive spatial autocorrelation in the scale of secondary vocational education in 31 provinces,with a clear trend of two-level differentiation;the high-high agglomeration mode is mainly concentrated in the central region and some southwestern regions,while the low-low agglomeration mode is mainly concentrated in the northeast and western regions;hot spots are mainly distributed in Shandong,Henan,Anhui,Jiangxi and Guangxi,Cold spot areas are distributed in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang;the overall spatial structure of secondary vocational education in China is relatively stable,and the spatial pattern of the southeastern coastal areas is relatively active.Thirdly,the scale and level of secondary vocational education in the overall,high-value,median,and low-value areas of the country remain stable;the polarization phenomenon across the country is gradually weakening;the internal difference between the high-value area and the median area is smaller than the internal difference between the low-value area,and the internal difference between the high-value area and the median area is gradually weakening.
secondary vocational educationeducation scaleregional differencesspatial effectkernel density function