Abstract:

By combing the vocational education policy since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it is found that the development of the basic positioning policy of vocational education in my country has roughly experienced three stages: the vague positioning of general vocational education, the swinging positioning of hierarchical and prominent, and the clear positioning of typed development. In the continuous exploration, the positioning direction of my country’s vocational education has gradually changed from the level of education to the type of education. Starting from the structural view and historical view of historical institutionalism, by analyzing the relevant policies since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it is found that the decisive factor in the evolution of my country’s vocational education basic positioning policy is the adjustment of my country’s economic system, and the inducing factor is the main interest factor and social concept; path dependence and “key node” have a profound influence on the change of vocational education. Looking forward to the future,we should follow the internal requirements of vocational education type orientation to provide a solid support for the construction of a modern vocational education system in China with a perfect policy system and effective action plan.

Key words: vocational education, education orientation, education type positioning, historical institutionalism, policy evolution