Research on Vocational Education Talent Cultivation in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Eras
The fundamental issue of education is what kind of people to cultivate and how to cultivate them.In the past 50 years,China has gradually shifted from the industrial era to the post-industrial era,which resulted in the train-ing objectives of vocational education gradually evolving from the training of skill talents based on"muscle memory"to high-quality technical and skilled talents,skilled craftsmen,and great craftsmen of the nationwho"master the tech-niques through understanding the principles behind them".To adapt to the demands of the post-industrial era,voca-tional education should cultivate a"holistic person"who has both high level of digital and intelligent literacy,morality and skills,integrates knowledge and action,and develops harmoniously,as well as a"lifelong learner"who regards learning as a positive way of life,habit,and belief.The practical approaches to achieving this training goal are:firstly,the concept of talent cultivation should shift from being"tool-oriented"to"people-oriented";secondly,the talent cultivation mode should shift from"dual"system to"triple"system;thirdly,the talent cultivation system should shift from being"standardized"to"individualized".