近代以来我国职业教育本质研究的探源与寻径

History Source and Path Exploring on Essential Attributes of Vocational Education Since the Modern Times

职业教育是一个历史范畴，每个时代对职业教育本质的研究，都是基于一定的社会背景和理论背景之上的。依据历史与逻辑的统一原则，近代以来我国职业教育本质研究的发展主要经历了寻觅与探索（1840～1949年）、创新与实践（1949～1977年）、继承与深入（1978～1999年）及争鸣与反思（2000年至今）四个时期。

The vocational education is essentially a category of history. The research on what is the essence of vocational education, no matter in what era, is based on certain backgrounds of society and theory. Following the principle that history accords to logic, the development of the research has gone through four periods. They are the period of seeking and exploring （1840-1949）, the period of innovating and practicing （1949-1977）, the period of inheriting and developing （1978-1999）, the period of contend- ing and introspecting （2000 till now）.