2026 Vol.9 Feb.N01   

• Title: Resource Supplementation Strategies among County-Level Secondary Vocational Schools in the AI Track: A Practice Theory Study in
• Name: Shijia He¹,²
• Company: 1.Dayu Secondary Vocational School, Dayu 341500, China 2.South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky, Odesa 65020, Ukraine
• Abstract:

  This qualitative study investigates how key actors in resource-constrained county-level secondary vocational schools in China sustain their involvement in the high-stakes, standard-driven arena of the World Vocational College Skills Competition’s AI track. Adopting a comparative multi-case study design, the research collected data through semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis with department heads, core instructors, and student contestants across three purposefully selected schools. The findings reveal that sustained engagement is achieved through a dynamic, cyclical process involving two core practices. First, actors employ situated creative resourcefulness, characterized by technical bricolage (improvisational recombination of available tools) and relational scaffolding (leveraging external networks) to bridge resource gaps. Second, they collectively narrate their constrained struggles into a legitimizing identity of pedagogical distinctiveness and moral worth, transforming limitation into a source of motivation and pride. The study concludes that agency in such contexts is a collective achievement realized through the interplay of material improvisation and discursive meaning-making. These insights contribute to a nuanced understanding of Teacher Agency Theory in standardized, competitive environments and offer practical implications for supporting innovation and resilience in under-resourced vocational education institutions beyond mere resource allocation.

  
  

• Keyword: teacher agency; bricolage; comparative case study; county-level vocational education; World Vocational College Skills Competition
• DOI: 10.12250/jpciams2026090203
• Citation form: Shijia He.Resource Supplementation Strategies among County-Level Secondary Vocational Schools in the AI Track: A Practice Theory Study in the Context of World Vocational College Skills Competition (China)[J]. Computer Informatization and Mechanical System

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