Research On Curriculum Development Of Vocational Ducation During The Republic Of China

Republic of China time（1912-1949）is not only an important period of Chinese social andculture transformation, but also a significant stage of the near modern history of Chineseeducation. Shifting from feudal education to bourgeois education, China education had beenundergoing deep changes over the period. Under a complex and volatile social situation(regimechanges, constant wars, and social disorders), Chinese vocational education had made haltingprogress. However, during the thirty-eight years’ indigenization, vocational education in theRepublic of China accumulated a lot of successful experience and defeat lessons. All in all, thevaluable historical wealth has important reference value and practical significance for today’sVocational Education Course Reform.This thesis consists of five chapters.Chapter one clarified selection reasons, significance, research actualities, main content,research methods, and relevant definitions.Since the government of Republic of China founded in the city of Nanjing and unified thewhole country formally, Republic of China time can be divide into two periods before and after.Vocational education curriculum development of the two periods are discussed respectively inChapter two.Chapter three mainly points out that the guiding role of vocational education curriculumtheory towards course practice in Republic of China time, is reflected most outstandingly in thetheoretical discussion of vocational education curriculum in the new academic structurereform(1922). Moreover, Tao xingzhi and Huang Yanpei’s theories are discussed in the secondpart of this chapter.Chapter four investigates the exploratory experiences of vocational curriculum practice inRepublic of China time. Vocational education curriculum had experienced the process from theperiod of industrial education reform to the rise of vocational education, to the development andadjustment of vocational education.Chapter five summarizes several characteristics in the development of vocational educationcurriculum in the republic of China time.Take history as a mirror and combine reality, last part describes the important function ofinspiration and reference to today’s vocational education curriculum.