Chinese Cultural Tradition And Vocational Education

Vocational education is an important basis of national economy and social development, as well as a main part of modem education. In the 1860s, with the rise of Westernization Movement, vocational education just began to germinate in China. Later, its development took a winding and changeful course. At present, China has formed a primary vocational educational system framework with Chinese characteristics, which emphasizes on senior high school education, links with primary, secondary, and higher vocational education, develops concurrently schooling and various training, and combines common education with adult education.But on the other hand, the problems brought by the development of vocation education are increasingly conspicuous. From the author's point of view, the impact of cultural tradition upon vocational education has strong permeability, universality, and stability. Based on Chinese cultural tradition, this article applies the research framework and analytical method of educational culture to analyzing the relationship between the reform of Chinese vocational education and traditional culture. At the same time, it explores how the psychological structure of national culture, which plays the key role in the cultural tradition, influences the current vocational education development. Its purpose is to reveal the interrelationship between Chinese vocational education and the inheritance, choice, transmission and creation of cultural tradition. Furthermore, it digs out the real reasons behind the existing problems in the development of Chinese vocational education—to realize the modern transformation of psychological structure of national culture. In a word, this article offers a reference to both the reform of current vocational education and the creation of favorable cultural mechanism.