The Curriculum System Development of Sightseeing Agriculture Major Based on Work Flow

Sujuan CHEN，Guoyuan CHEN，Chengzhong WANG

Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture，Suzhou 215008，China

Sightseeing agriculture is a new industry combining agriculture with tourism and leisure on the basis of traditional agriculture.With the development of sightseeing agriculture in recent years，there is a growing demand for more talents.On the basis of market research，Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture timely adjusted major direction and set up the sightseeing agriculture major in 2009 according to the needs of society，and it began enrollment in the fall of the same year.Sightseeing agriculture is a new major for our institute，and in terms of curriculum system development，it adopts work flow-oriented vocational education theory［1］.Through years of practice，it has made significant achievements，and it has become the main mode for our institute to promote curriculum reform.The development of the model is conducive to shortening the distance between learning and work，fostering students’post awareness and professional ability［2］，and thus enabling students to reduce or avoid the＂re-assembly＂process after finding jobs.As the academic leaders of sightseeing agriculture major，we take charge of and participate in the development and implementation of sightseeing agriculture curriculum system development project，and set forth some recommendations based on years of teaching experience in order to provide a useful reference for the curriculum development of sightseeing agriculture major based on work flow.

1 Steps of curriculum system development based on work flow

The sightseeing agriculture major was set up in our institute in 2009.The curriculum setting adopts the curriculum system based on work flow.On the basis of research and survey of sightseeing agriculture businesses’demand for vocational talents，we analyze the job group and typical tasks［3］，develop the training programs for sightseeing agriculture major，determine the curriculum system and curriculum standards，organize teaching materials development，and implement the teaching process.The specific process is as follows：

Fig.1 Flow chart of curriculum system building

2 Analysis of vocational ability and objectives

The training objectives of sightseeing agriculture major are to cultivate the advanced applied technical professionals with the relevant knowledge and professional skills about agricultural park planning and design，agricultural operation and management，and tourism，with the purpose of addressing the talent shortage for the emerging industry.The sightseeing agriculture is a new cross-type industry involving a wide range of knowledge and skills，having clear skill requirements.On the basis of work flow analysis of jobs，we determine the vocational ability requirements as shown in Table 1.

3 Analysis of job group and typical tasks

According to the analysis of training objectives and vocational ability objectives on sightseeing agriculture major，we determine the job group of sightseeing agriculture major as sightseeing agricultural production，sightseeing agriculture tourism，sightseeing agriculture garden planning and agricultural park management.According to job group，four typical tasks are set up（agricultural park planning and design，crop planting，agricultural attractions introduction and agricultural park management）.The main curriculum system is determined based on typical tasks.Specific tasks and main courses are shown in Fig.2.

4 Curriculum system development

The main jobs provided by sightseeing agriculture businesses involve the planning， planting， management， marketing， and tourism of sightseeing agriculture garden.According to the professional training objectives and job group requirements，we build the sightseeing agriculture major curriculum system based on work flow［4］，as shown in Table 2.

Table 1 Vocational ability and objectives

Fig.2 Job group analysis of sightseeing agriculture major

5 Conclusions

The development of sightseeing agriculture major is the integration of existing majors and building of new majors according to social development and changes in career and job.The core of major development is the development of curriculum system［5］.With the rapid development of sightseeing agriculture industry，the specifications of the demand for talent will be further elevated，so the curriculum system development based on work flow is becoming particularly important.Due to the joint effort made by the departments of our institute and active cooperation with businesses，the sightseeing agriculture major，as a new major，has achieved some success in curriculum system development，but the effectiveness of curriculum development remains to be tested by practice.The sightseeing agriculture major students should gain success in the new curriculum system and teaching mode，and make contribution to the development of sightseeing agriculture major.

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