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Enquiry Abstract For many Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is a “master key” to help achieve important matters such as Peace Building, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development in the modern world. In Mainland China, sustainable development (SD) is a very important part of the national development strategy, to cope with serious challenges being faced concerning environment, economy, society and culture, during an era of globalisation and rapid change. With the rapid development of the economy, TVET has become increasingly important in China’s education system. However, TVET for SD is still a new topic and rarely mentioned in Mainland China. The author and his team initiated an innovative research project on Developing Innovative Approaches in Education for Sustainable Development: Curriculum Reform in TVET China, in partnership with Griffith University (Australia) and 10 Chinese TVET institutes, under the support of UNESCO-UNEVOC, from July 2008 to Dec. 2009. The presentation explains the research project in detail. Speaker Prof. Huang Chunlin (Chandler) is Dean of the Office of International Affairs at Zhejiang Technology Institute of Economy, in Mainland China. He is also a member of the China Higher Education Association, a member of the Zhejiang International Education Exchange Association, as well as the person in charge of the UNEVOC Centre at ZJTIE. Prof. Huang contributes to research and the practice of TVET in China especially at the tertiary level. He has headed up and been involved with a number of important educational research projects nationally and provincially. His publication “Theory and Practice on Setting TVET Majors” has won great appreciation amongst his TVET peers in China and regionally. He has published over 48 papers in journals and delivered many keynote speeches at international conferences over many years. |
