A Preliminary Exploration Of TVET Discipline

The meaning of the discipline of TVET lies in its theories and practices. Its theoretical meaning consists of the disciplinary nature, objects of study, paradigms, disciplinary systems and schools of thoughts. The practical meaning constitutes a category of knowledge, an item of study and research and a disciplinary platform. The theory of TVET discipline is a subject to answer such fundamental theoretical questions as the realm, evolution and basic facts and orientation of TVET discipline. As a product of TVET disciplinary development, it was born when people began to conduct meta-research of it. Generally, it will answer such basic questions as"what is the nature of TEVT discipline","where does it come from","as a discipline, what do people think of it", and"where is it heading for". Not only will logical answers to these questions help to resolve doubts and resentment people hold for it, and make them devote humane care to it, but also to enhance its integration and harmonious development with other disciplines, and ultimately to develop it into a mature and independent discipline.Contemporary discipline of TVET experienced three periods: the Period of Recovery, the Period of Development, and the Period of Reflection. As to practical TVET discipline, more than 20 years'development has improved its systematization and legalization. Academic communities have appeared. Social system construction has been improved gradually, which is demonstrated by the professionalization of talents'cultivation, networked system of research institutes, hierarchization of scientific research, diversity of academic periodicals and serialization of theoretical works. With its development, sorts of problems born in the aforementioned aspects are urgent to solve. As to theoretical TVET discipline, researchers'interests focus on the issues of meta-theory, TVET curricula, higher vocational education, teaching faculties, and TVET economics. Existing problems are degradation of disciplinary status, generalization of study objects, simplification of research paradigms, similarity of disciplinary system, scatteration of schools of thoughts. Countermeasures to practical TVET discipline problems are to constitute scientific development plans, establish sound research regulations, develop characteristic research directions, cultivate professional researchers, and produce authoritative works. The development trends of theoretical TVET discipline are type-oriented in disciplinary nature, problem-oriented in objects of study, integration-oriented in research paradigms, meta-theory-oriented in disciplinary systems, division-oriented in disciplinary clusters, and accumulation-oriented in schools of thoughts.According to the development of TVET discipline in china, the dissertation collates the history of one of Tianjin's Key disciplines: TVET discipline, analyzes its problems and works out some pieces of constructive advice for the Eleventh five-year Plan, which are to exploit characteristic disciplinary directions, constitute overall development plans, reunify departmental resources, and improve fund investment.