Frontiers in Educational Research, 2024, 7(10); doi: 10.25236/FER.2024.071003.
Jing Yang1, Weiyou Guo1, Yurun Gong2, Mingze Li3
1Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
2School of Marxism, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
3School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
The semi-militarized management mode, by adopting military management principles, has gradually developed into a distinctive educational approach aimed at cultivating students’ discipline, sense of responsibility, and teamwork abilities. Within this context, labor education has become an essential component of semi-militarized management, enhancing students’ labor skills and professional qualities through collective labor and practical activities. However, as educational practice deepens, several issues have emerged in this mode, including a lack of diversity in educational methods, superficiality in the educational process, and low student engagement, all of which undermine the effectiveness of labor education. The root causes of these problems primarily lie in the excessive emphasis on discipline and obedience, a lack of diversity in educational content, and an underdeveloped educational management system. Additionally, the inadequate emphasis placed by society and families on labor education exacerbates these challenges. To address these issues, this paper proposes the improvement strategies, including strengthening the recognition of labor education concepts, enriching educational content and methods, enhancing the quality of the teaching workforce, promoting student participation, and fostering stronger home-school cooperation and social support. These strategies aim to provide theoretical guidance and practical pathways for effectively conducting labor education in universities within the context of the new era.
Semi-Militarized Management, Labor Education, Universities, Teaching Workforce
Jing Yang, Weiyou Guo, Yurun Gong, Mingze Li. Issues and Countermeasures of Student Labor Education under the Semi-Militarized Management Mode. Frontiers in Educational Research (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 10: 15-20. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2024.071003.
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