西方职业教育理论发展的三大进程

专门阐述职业教育历史和理论的作尚难寻找，从教育史中总结职业教育理论的发展脉络就成为一件有意义的研究工作。按照职业教育发展的历史轨迹，西方职业教育理论可以概括为三个发展阶段。即“近代实验科学奠基阶段”、“从实验教育到实用主义的发展阶段”和“现代产业集成与职教理论系统化阶段”．而每一阶段的理论发展总是同技术生产的规模和技术构成的科学含量密切关联，并且对特定阶段和层次的技术生产产生相应的推动作用。

The Three Stages of Western Vocational Education Theories

It is fundamental to make a study on the development of vocational education theories so that that will inspire the international vocational education, since there have been few studies about its history and theories. The development of vocational theories in the west can be categorized as three stages, namely, the foundation of contemporary experimental science, from experimental education to practicality, and the modern integration of industries and systematization of vocational education. There has been correlation between each stage and the scale of production technology and the content of technological component, which motivates the technological production.