Designing and Implementing Whole-Book Reading Instruction of From the Soil from the Perspective of Secondary Vocational Students' Career Development Needs

Cai-Hong Shao ( Shanghai Caoyang Vocational and Technical School, Shanghai, 200333, China )

https://doi.org/10.37155/2972-4856-0304-19

Abstract

Against the backdrop of quality improvement and excellence enhancement in vocational education, the career development needs of secondary vocational students have shifted from single-skill improvement to the cultivation of comprehensive competencies. Whole-book reading instruction of From the Soil (Xiangtu Zhongguo) has become an important vehicle for addressing these needs. Based on secondary vocational students' career-related needs in cognition, affect, and ability, this paper explores the vocational education resources embedded in the book, constructs a reading instruction framework centered on occupational scenarios, and proposes a four-stage progressive pathway along with key instructional strategies. Through instructional redesign, the study achieves an in-depth integration of classical texts and vocational education, helping secondary vocational students consolidate professional ethics, cultivate local and rural awareness, broaden their horizons, and enhance core professional competitiveness as well as sustainable development capacity.

Keywords

Secondary vocational students; career development needs; From the Soil (Xiangtu Zhongguo); whole-book reading instruction

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