Volume 4,Issue 3
Strategies for Integrating Hainan Regional Culture into Landscape Architecture Design Curriculum in Vocational Undergraduate Education
Against the dual backdrop of Hainan Free Trade Port development and the National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone initiative, the landscape architecture industry faces growing demand for high-level technical professionals with ecological design capabilities, regional cultural literacy, and practical vocational skills. Vocational undergraduate programs are positioned to serve local industrial development, with landscape architecture design courses serving as core curricula that cultivate students’ design competencies, aesthetic sensibilities, and engineering practice abilities. However, some vocational colleges currently exhibit issues such as overemphasizing Western paradigms while neglecting local characteristics, prioritizing technical skills over cultural depth, and focusing on theoretical instruction rather than practical implementation, resulting in a disconnect between talent cultivation and Hainan’s actual needs. Grounded in Hainan’s regional cultural characteristics and vocational education objectives, this study analyzes the value and challenges of integrating regional culture into curriculum design. It proposes systematic integration strategies across six dimensions, teaching philosophy, course content, instructional methods, practical training, evaluation systems, and faculty development, to provide theoretical references and practical pathways for curriculum reform, cultural heritage preservation, and cultivating high-quality local professionals in vocational landscape architecture education.
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