Research on the Management Mechanism for Cultivating Students’ Professional Literacy in Higher Vocational Colleges

Abstract

Higher vocational colleges undertake the important task of cultivating highly qualified technical and skilled talent. With the adjustment of industrial structures and changes in job requirements, employers’ expectations of graduates are no longer limited to professional skills. Whether students can comply with professional norms, complete work tasks responsibly, communicate effectively with colleagues, and actively learn and adapt when encountering problems can all affect their career development. At present, many higher vocational colleges have recognized the importance of cultivating students’ professional literacy and have carried out relevant activities through course instruction, practical training, campus activities, and career guidance. However, in actual practice, several problems remain, including unclear training objectives, insufficient connections among courses, inadequate coordination between on-campus education and enterprise practice, relatively limited evaluation methods, and weak collaboration among departments. Professional literacy cannot be developed through a single course or one-time activity, nor can it be acquired through intensive training shortly before graduation. Using literature review and inductive analysis, this study examines the major gaps in the cultivation of professional literacy from the perspective of the entire talent-training process in higher vocational colleges. It proposes a management mechanism integrating objective decomposition, curriculum integration, practice-based development, evaluation and feedback, and collaborative support. The study concludes that higher vocational colleges should incorporate the cultivation of professional literacy into professional teaching, practical training, workplace internships, and daily student management, enabling students to develop relatively stable professional behavior habits through continuous participation and repeated practice.