Understanding Higher Vocational Education in China:Vocationalism vs Confucianism  

作　　者：Jie XIONG 

机构地区：[1]Department of Educational Policy Studies,University of Alberta,Edmonton AB T6G 2G5,Canada

出　　处：《Frontiers of Education in China》2011年第4期495-520,共26页中国高等学校学术文摘·教育学（英文）

摘　　要：The development of higher vocational education in China embodies a global trend of vocationalism that values skills and skilled workers,which is opposite,in some ways,to the Confucian tradition in Chinese education that values theoretical knowledge related to good governance.As the cultural trend supporting the development of higher vocational education,vocationalism is implicated in certain challenges including high tuition fees,limited upward mobility,and neglect of the humanities in education.Humanities for moral education,and mechanisms for upward mobility on equal terms for all,which are fundamental elements of Confucianism,may help resolve these challenges.This paper embodies the dialectic of a global trend and local culture in educational reform within the context of globalization.

关 键 词：higher vocational education VOCATIONALISM CONFUCIANISM GLOBALIZATION 

分 类 号：C97[经济管理—劳动经济]