Author(s)

Jing Shuai ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Yunnan Open University (Yunnan Technical College of Industry), Kunming, China

Corresponding Author

Jing Shuai

ABSTRACT

In January 2020, five iconic episodes embodying Yunnan's glorious revolutionary heritage were put forward, which gave rise to the initiative of fully telling these five local stories. These narratives carry core values including national responsibility, perseverance, integrity and firm faith, thus making it possible to revitalize historical accounts for educational practice. As a vital platform for nurturing high-quality technical and skilled talents, higher vocational education shares an inherent close connection between cultivating students' outlooks on life, values, career and personal development (hereafter referred to as the "Four Outlooks") and inheriting the red revolutionary spirit. Adopting a spiritual spectrum framework structured around "core essence-four-level progression-logical closure", this research dissects the ideological connotations behind the Five Stories, explores how they are value-aligned with fostering the Four Outlooks among vocational college students, and develops an integrated education model covering curriculum integration, cultural immersion, practical training and institutional guarantees. It further provides theoretical support and practical references for innovating ideological and political education in higher vocational colleges for the new era.

KEYWORDS

Five Stories of Yunnan‌; ‌Higher Vocational Students‌; ‌Cultivation of the Four Perspectives‌; ‌Spiritual Spectrum‌; ‌Red Ideological Education

CITE THIS PAPER

Jing Shuai. "Five Stories of Yunnan" and the Construction of a Spiritual Framework for Cultivating Students' "Four Outlooks" : Research on Practical Pathways. Adult and Higher Education (2026). Vol. 8, No. 2, 38-48. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aduhe.2026.080206.

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