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Articles | Volume XLIII-B5-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B5-2022-9-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B5-2022-9-2022
02 Jun 2022
 | 02 Jun 2022

GEOMATICS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN CHINA: CURRENT SITUATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Z. Jia, Y. Zhu, Y. Cao, M. Dong, L. Zhang, and X. Zhou

Keywords: Geomatics, Vocational Education, Discipline, Curriculum Standards, Teaching Resources, Training Platform

Abstract. Geomatics vocational education (VE) is very important for the high-quality development of geomatics industry and high-level supply of skilled talents. Firstly, the paper briefly introduced the development history of geomatics VE in China, and summarized the current status of geomatics VE. Secondly, the paper analysed the issues and problems of geomatics VE, including insufficient input, ambiguous orientation, slowly technology updating, weak teaching staff and closed communication environment. Next, the paper reported the recent reforms of geomatics VE, including the revision of discipline catalog, training objectives and requirements and recommended curriculum standards at different levels. Then, latest developments of teaching resources and training platform are discussed. Finally, the paper proposed an outlook of geomatics VE in China.