论杜威职业教育思想的合理性——以“普杜之争”为视角

Discussion on the Rationality of Dewey's Vocational Education Thought——Based on the Perspective of “Argument of Prosser and Dewey”

在美国职业教育史上,曾发生了一场著名的"普杜之争"。从争论双方一系列基础性观念的范式对立,即普罗瑟派的效率主义、精英主义和结构-功能主义对立于杜威思想中具有的人本主义、平等思想以及进化主义,可以看到,杜威职业教育思想坚持以人为核心,以民主为向度,坚持文化教育与职业培训有机结合的观念要旨,具有显著的合理性。

In the history of American vocational education, ＂the argument of Prosser and Dewey＂ occurred. They hold these different concepts： Dewey favors humanism, democracy, and the integration of vocational education and liberal education, which is obviously more rational, while Prosser believes in efficiency, elitism, and structural-functionalism.