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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (23): 500-504.

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Current Situation and Countermeasures of Practical Teaching of Agriculture and Forestry in Higher Vocational Colleges

  

  • Received:2009-10-21 Revised:2009-10-22 Online:2009-12-05 Published:2009-12-05

Abstract: The investigation into relevant higher vocational colleges of Shaanxi Province shows that the investment in practical teaching of Agriculture and Forestry is increasingly escalated, but the great majority of instruments and equipments are still quite obsolete; The practical teaching management is good and the average payout of experiment (training) is nearly 90%. About 60% of students believe that practical teaching effect is much better. However, the minority of colleges have not set up the relevant skill certification station and are short of training faculty advisers; The structure of the educational level and the professional quality remain to be further enhanced; The training base can basically meet the demand of the student’s technical training but are devoid of safeguard mechanism. Besides, the enterprises have no great enthusiasm about receiving student’s practice. The following countermeasures are given: Heighten cognition to value practical teaching of the Agriculture and Forestry; Increase investment to renew unceasingly equipments and the instruments of experiment and practical training; Cling to the post to optimize the training scheme of practical skill; Introduce from outside and train inside to strengthen the construction of practical teachers; Establish the college-enterprise cooperation to set up the off-campus training base; Reinforce the management to improve the quality and efficiency of practical teaching.