Research on the Relationship between Urban Development and Vocational Education in Modern Times:Taking Tianjin and Shanghai as Examples
Modern vocational education in China has emerged,improved and matured with the development of urban modernization.It keeps innovating by responding to the needs of urban development and promotes urban progress.From"manufacturing technique"of the westernization school,"civilian economy"of the industrial school to"social needs"of the practical school,the school-running purpose of vocational education has turned from striving for prosperity to obtaining the happiness of life and from learning from overseas to setting up schools according to local conditions.The modern cities of Tianjin and Shanghai have also found out the paths of vocational education de-velopment with their own styles.Taking Tianjin and Shanghai,where the new type of education is emerging,as examples,this study com-pares the differences in the development of vocational education between the two cities and their different roles,in order to explore the in-teractive relationship between urban development and vocational education in modern times.
modern vocational educationurban functionurban economyurban culture