Author(s)

Yanhui Chen ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Guangdong Meizhou Vocational and Technical College, Guangdong, Meizhou, 514011, China

Corresponding Author

Yanhui Chen

ABSTRACT

The rapid advancement of intelligent manufacturing technologies has imposed new demands on the cultivation of mechanical engineering professionals in higher vocational education. This paper analyzes issues in the current teaching practices of vocational mechanical engineering programs, including fragmented curriculum systems, outdated teaching methods, lagging practical training platforms, insufficient faculty capabilities, and shallow industry-academia collaboration. It proposes reform pathways such as restructuring curriculum systems, innovating teaching methods, upgrading practical training platforms, building dual-qualified faculty teams, and improving industry-academia cooperation mechanisms. These reforms aim to cultivate high-quality technical and skilled talents adaptable to smart manufacturing development and enhance the program's capacity to serve industrial upgrading.

KEYWORDS

Intelligent Manufacturing; Higher Vocational Education; Mechanical Engineering Programs; Teaching Reform; Industry-Education Integration

CITE THIS PAPER

Yanhui Chen. Analysis of Teaching Reform in Vocational Mechanical Engineering Programs in the Context of Smart Manufacturing. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2026). Vol. 9, No.1, 170-176. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2026.090123.

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