Vocational education is a kind of education, and it is a noun classified by nature. The purpose of generalization is of course the same as that of general education, that is, to seek the perfection of life. Vocational education centers on professional life, aiming at supplying professional knowledge and skills, cultivating professional spirit and ethics, thus enriching professional efficiency, meeting professional needs and enabling people to engage in work beneficial to individuals and society. Vocational education is a part of the whole education and has the same status as other education. The difference between vocational education and other kinds of education is only the key point. Therefore, vocational education is not completely independent and has nothing to do with other kinds of education.

The purpose of vocational education

There are several main reasons for the emergence of vocational education. The purpose of vocational education is to meet these needs. But how to achieve this goal, it is necessary to analyze this universal demand and become a training goal. No matter what needs are mentioned in the previous section, individuals must be trained in three aspects. The cultivation of these three aspects can be regarded as the special purpose of vocational education. A. professional knowledge. The main mission of vocational education is to provide knowledge and skills related to occupation, so that individuals have the ability to engage in occupation. Everyone can be efficient at work and then meet any of the above needs. B. physical exercise. Physical education does not seem to be within the scope of vocational education, but it is effective in occupation, and strong physique is also one of the main conditions. Therefore, if you want to live a satisfactory professional life, you must incorporate physical exercise into vocational education. Third, the cultivation of character. To be efficient in occupation, you need not only reorganized knowledge and skills or a sound body, but also a good personality. Attitude towards people and psychology towards things are temperament and character. The development of these personalities should also be a part of vocational education.

Principles of vocational education

Although there are many differences in the types and methods of vocational education, there are some principles that are commonly applicable in the implementation. Of course, the implementation of vocational education should not be rigid. It should be adjusted and handled according to the needs, environment, nature of trainees and human and financial resources. However, some principles cannot be violated, because if these principles are not observed, the efficiency of implementation will be reduced, or it will have adverse effects. Important principles are listed below. A, pay attention to personal differences. In general education, the first thing to admit is that people are different. Different in intelligence, physical strength and temperament, educational facilities should adapt to individual differences. In vocational education, this kind of recognition is more important, because what kind of vocational training a person should receive and how to receive some kind of vocational training have different solutions according to his own situation. The implementation of vocational education should adapt to individual differences in teaching materials and teaching methods, so as to achieve the maximum effect and meet professional needs. B, meet local demand. The main value of vocational education lies in meeting the actual needs. Agricultural education is to meet the needs of agriculture, industrial education is to meet the needs of industry, and commercial education is to meet the needs of business. But in one place, it needs to be special, not exactly the same as other places. For example, Shanghai needs business education more than agricultural education. Facility vocational education should first study the local demand and then implement it according to the demand. If we go to facilities regardless of the need, the result will be either waste or inappropriate, and the efficiency of education will be reduced. Third, it is suitable for professional content. Vocational education should not only meet the local demand in type, but also meet the actual vocational content in content. For example, where business is developed, business education should be established. However, the content of business education, whether it is sales, banking, accounting, etc. , should be in line with the actual situation of the industry. In other words, the teaching materials of vocational education must have practical value in the actual occupation. To achieve this goal, we must first analyze the existing occupations and understand the job requirements involved, and then compile teaching materials, which should be practical. D, practical methods. Vocational education should be based on actual occupation not only in content but also in methods. For example, the decoration of electrical appliances and the teaching methods of educational institutions. It must be consistent with the methods commonly used in this industry and can only be applied in practice after training. Otherwise, training is useless, and it will be a double loss to learn practical methods again. Therefore, the teaching methods used in facility vocational education must conform to the actual work. E, the equipment is close to the needs. No matter what occupation, there are tools to engage in. Carpenter's axe saw, sewing ruler and scissors, mechanical wrench and even pen and ink of documents are all tools. No matter what kind of vocational education, in order to cultivate vocational skills, considerable equipment is needed. Of course, sometimes these equipment can't be exactly the same as the actual demand, because the location and scope are different, but the closer to the demand, the better. Because if the equipment is far from the actual situation, the trained skills cannot be fully applied. This principle will be easier to implement if vocational education can be installed in the actual workplace and original equipment is used. Xin, effectively connected with society. Education takes life as its object and cannot be divorced from real life. Vocational education cannot exist alone in order to meet professional needs. What is most relevant to vocational education is various professional organizations, because many teaching materials, methods and applications depend on the cooperation of professional departments. Other educational institutions and social organizations are also related to vocational education. To implement vocational education, we must get in touch with all parties. Because vocational education cannot exist alone. Building a car behind closed doors is by no means a policy that vocational education should adopt.

Vocational education foundation

In the implementation of vocational education, in addition to the above important principles, two main bases should be adopted. Without these two foundations, reasonable and scientific vocational education is impossible. These two bases are like a navigation compass. Without them, we would lose our direction. These two reasons are:

(1) the researcher. Study the intelligence, physique, personality and interests of educated individuals. And adapt education to individual needs. (2) Analysis of things. Analyze the content of the occupation and understand its work, demand, environment, salary, etc. , so as to determine the educational materials and teaching methods suitable for the actual situation.