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Research on Talent Cultivation Path and Guarantee Mechanism of Higher Vocational Finance and Accounting Digital Craftsmen under the Background of Industry-Education Integration

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Zhi Li

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School of Digital Intelligence and Business, Wuhan City Polytechnic, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Abstract

Digital technology, artificial intelligence and industry-finance integration systems are reshaping the form of finance and accounting work, and have also put forward new requirements for the professional competence of higher vocational graduates. This paper focuses on the connotation definition and cultivation path of higher vocational finance and accounting digital craftsmen under the background of industry-education integration. Based on theories related to professional competence, workplace learning and boundary crossing, and adopting methods of literature research, policy text analysis and normative analysis, this paper proposes that finance and accounting digital craftsmen are high-skilled practitioners who can integrate finance and accounting professional knowledge, digital technology application and craftsmanship criteria in complex tasks. Their competence cultivation requires not only proficient use of digital tools, but also professional judgment ability, technical output verification ability, data and process understanding ability, risk management and control ability, communication and collaboration ability, and continuous improvement ability. Industry-education integration integrates real workplace tasks, digital work processes, industry quality standards and practical experience into the curriculum system through teaching system reform, real task participation, and school-enterprise joint evaluation. Accordingly, higher vocational colleges should adjust training objectives in alignment with changes in workplace tasks, promote integrated teaching of professional knowledge and digital technology, strengthen real task-driven and human-machine collaborative learning, improve the work quality evaluation system, and support the implementation of various reforms through collaborative governance mechanisms, in-depth enterprise participation, improvement of teachers' practical ability, supply of real data resources and continuous quality feedback.

Keywords

Industry-Education Integration; Higher Vocational Education; Finance and Accounting Digital Craftsmen; Digital Transformation; Craftsmanship; Talent Cultivation

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