专业教育的世界模式与中国抉择——以高等教育基本命题的分析与开拓为中心

Global Models and China's Choice for Professional Education: Analysis and Expansion of Fundamental Propositions on Higher Education

Is higher education a type of professional education? This is a basic theoretical issue in the field of higher education. There are three typical models of professional education in the world， including European model， American model and the Soviet Union model. The proposition that higher education is a type of specialty education based on secondary education was put forward under certain historical circumstances in China. Nowadays the traditional proposition is facing multiple challenges. Therefore， it is particularly necessary to redefine the theoretical proposition. In terms of external structure， China's“professional education”should no longer be limited to the narrow understanding of the Soviet model， but rather actively introduce the European model and American model based on the organizational system of professionalism. In terms of intrinsic properties， today's“professional education”should include the broad sense of vocational， academic and general properties. The changes of internal properties would lead to the adjustments of external structure， which is the theoretical basis for the“triangle model”of professional education. The review of the traditional proposition not only helps to re-examine the nature of higher education， but also ponder over the Chinese model of professional education in the future.