The Study On The Development Of The British Secondary Vocational Education

In accordance with the methodology of historical and dialectical materialism, with sufficient historical data, this dissertation aims at providing beneficial reference and inspiration for the current reformation and development of vocational education in China by investigating the establishment, development and evolution of the British secondary vocational education from the end of 19th century to the 1990's. The dissertation includes the preface and the key contents. The preface clarifies the theoretical characteristics and the practical significance of the whole dissertation by answering the questions on the process of selection, the significance of the selected topic, the main objective of the research and the basic considerations. As the first part, Chapter 1 tries to comment on the background of the orientation and the development of the British secondary vocational education within the economic and educational environment in the 20th century. The second part contains of the key contents of the dissertation that covers Chapter 2 to Chapter 6. Four aspects are argued at different phases of the British secondary vocational education in the 20th century: First, the sequence of the development; Second, the difficulties and problems met in the development; Third, policies and regulations that were implemented by the British government and their effects; Fourth, in order to meet the social demand, what reformation had been taken by the British government? Chapter 7 forms the third part that concludes the dissertation. In this part, the writer tries to argue the reasons and consequences of the evolution of the British vocational education so as to show the experiences and lessons that China should learn from in accordance with China's current situation.