Liberal Education or Professional Education:The Conversions of Educational Ideas in the West and China and Their Enlightenment
In recent times,there has been a difference between professional education and liberal educa-tion in the concept of higher education in China.Confucian education in ancient China was a kind of"correc-tive"cultivation,while liberal education in the West aims to cultivate"free men",and there are similarities be-tween the two in terms of non-utilitarianism.In the course of historical development,the contemporary West has formed a higher education system in which integrates liberal education and professional education.At present,there is still a big difference in our understanding of liberal education,and the function of each university is not clear enough.It's vital to draw on the experience of western higher education,explore a theoretical system with a clear positioning,clear hierarchy,and comprehensive function to the higher education in China.
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