A Comparative Study of Huang Yanpei’s Vocational Education Thought and Dewey’s Pragmatism Thought

Abstract

Vocational education is an important part of China's national education. The reform and development of vocational education is related to the further improvement of China's diversified talent training system. Huang Yanpei's vocational education thought and Dewey's pragmatism thought are of great significance to the value-added empowerment of vocational education, and their guiding ideology has their own characteristics and similar works. This paper compares Huang Yanpei's and Dewey's vocational education thoughts from the background of their educational thoughts, the value concept of vocational education, the curriculum content of vocational education, and the ways to implement vocational education. There are many references for the development of vocational education in China,establishing a correct concept of vocational education, clarifying the prospects for the development of vocational education, adhering to employment orientation, and taking educational laws as the premise, Establish a scientific and systematic vocational education curriculum, expand the ways to implement vocational education, strengthen the integration of general vocational education, and build a new mode of running schools with multiple subjects.