漫谈高等职业教育

On Higher Vocational Education

职业“是个人在社会中所从事的作为主要生活来源的工作”。改革开放后，特别是社会主义市场经济体制下，职业不再是人们的“生活来源”，而是人们对社会做贡献的岗位，是个人发挥爱好、特长、走向全面发展的舞台。发展职业教育是提高人们多方面素质和能力的必备条件，必须认真研究各种职业的特，点和它对就业者的要求，以此作为职业教育的出发点和归宿。高等职业教育从培养目标和教学特点来界定，符合我国高等教育的实际状况，也有利于办出高职特色。发展高等职业教育，应该强调地方管理为主，充分利用现有教育资源，各地区要根据不同条件采取不同道路。

profession,“a king of work by which an indivldual makes a living in society”,hasno longer been only“a source of life”now since the reforms and Open-door policy and especiallyunder the system of socialist market economy. It is a work post at which people make contributionsto the society, and also a stage on which an individual can bring to full play his likes,spocial pointsand a possible all-round development.The development of vocational education is a pre-condition forraising people’s quality and abillties in many fields. A serious study must be made of special pointsof various professions,and their requirements for those who are engaged in these professions. Thisserves as the basis for the starting point and the ultimate of the aims.Higher vocational educationclassified so according to its training aims and teaching characteristics conforms to the gemeral situa-tion of China’s higher education,To develop higher vocational education,emphasis must be put onthe regional management, educational resources available must be made full use of,and differentways in different areas should be ad opted.[