Precise Industrial Alignment and Vocational Undergraduate Specialty Cluster Development: A Four-Co Mechanism Mapping Framework and Case Study
The upgrading of industrial structures and the iterative renewal of job-related technologies require vocational undergraduate education to transform its specialty development paradigm from merely “establishing specialties” to “connecting with industry.” To address the disconnect in demand transmission between industry and education, this study develops a four-chain mapping analytical framework comprising the industrial chain, job chain, specialty cluster, and course cluster, grounded in industry-education integration and outcome-based education. It also designs a five-stage iterative mechanism: demand identification, job deconstruction, specialty reorganization, course synergy, and evaluation feedback. The study argues that the job chain is the intermediary structure through which industrial demands enter the educational supply system; the specialty cluster is the organizational unit that carries capacity synergy; and the course cluster is the direct field in which demands are transformed into competencies. Using the Green Intelligent Construction Specialty Cluster at Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology as a case, this study develops a job competency map, restructures the specialty cluster, reconstructs the curriculum system, and establishes a “co-construction–co-management–co-evaluation–sharing” mechanism for school-enterprise collaborative governance. This creates a dynamic feedback loop in which industrial demands run through the entire cycle of specialty development. The practice offers a replicable theoretical framework and operational paradigm for vocational undergraduate specialty clusters to overcome the “collection of specialties” dilemma and achieve precise alignment with regional industrial structures.
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