辩论-人文教育比职业教育更重要

1、LiberalArtsEducationisMoreImportantthanVocational EducationMorally, economically, practicallyDefinition:Originally,theliberalartsis a Latinterm,refers to the skills that wereconsideredessential forafreepersonto take an activepartinciviclife,somethingthatincludedparticipatinginpublicdebate, defending

2、oneself incourt, serving on juries, and most importantly,militaryservice. Grammar,rhetoric, and logic were the core liberal arts, while arithmetic, geometry, thetheoryofmusic,and astronomyalsoplayeda(somewhatlesser) partineducation.2Liberal arts education is a term that can be interpreted in differe

3、nt ways.It can refer to certain areas of literature, languages, art history, music history,philosophy, history, mathematics, psychology, andscience.3 It can also referto studies on a liberal arts degree program. For example, Harvard Universityoffers a MasterofLiberalArts degree,whichcovers biologica

4、landsocialsciences as well as the humanities.4Forbothinterpretations,thetermgenerallyreferstomattersnotrelatingtotheprofessional,vocational,ortechnical curricula.Asthegivendefinition describes,theliberalartseducationisaneducation which covers all kinds of essential training that a civic( a real pers

5、on)requires.Itis a generaleducation.Itisan educationwhich includesmanyspecified education, such as vocational training. Today, we are talking aboutwhich one is of greater importance.And ourteamthinkthatliberalartseducation is more important than vocational training, for a very simple reason:we, ashu

6、man,are pursuingtobebetterandbetter.The differenceofvocationaltrainingandliberalarts educationisthedifferencebetweenthenarrow and broad, dark and bright. With vocational training, the road ahead精品文库of you gonna be narrower and narrower, and no way out. With liberal arts education, you are equipped w

7、ith the generalized qualities that a man should have, and your way would be broader. A prosperous future.Vocational training restrained1. We Chinese students are told to haveall-rounddevelopment in moral,intelligence, sports, aesthetic and labor and some other aspects. We have beenacknowledgingthe i

8、mportanceand necessity of this generaleducation formany years and will continue it. We have to admit that the vocational traininghasits advantages,but it focuses on thespecifiedskillsonly.Thiscareer-orientedtrainingisshort-sightedcomparedtotheliberalartseducation.Thequalitiesthe 21st society needs a

9、re criticalthinking,management skills,aestheticappreciation.whicharetheneedsthatvocational training couldn tmeet, but only liberal arts education could.In this junior year, we are faced with the problem that either choose to have a further study to become a graduate or choose to work after the first

10、 year graduation. One day, Prof. Wang asked a question that why you choose tohave the graduate study. If your aim is to have a certificate, youd better quitthe study. Yeah, what is your goal? Make money? To live a better life? So, youthink vocational training is a better and quicker way to get all t

11、his? But, whatthen? After you ve received the medicine training, youve got the enough skillsyour job requires, you would find that there is nothing left.What youve lostis far less than what youve got.The broad education offer us the chanceto know more about politics, humanities languages which are h

12、elpful to broadyour horizon, not narrow-minded.You know littleaboutthe historyof yourcountry,you can hardlysee thingsdiachronically,whichmakeit impossiblefor you to have a wide-ranged research to your profession.Economically, let s weigh the importance or the value of each education.From vocational

13、training, what you got is the career-oriented skills of certainsubject.Buttheliberalartseducationistoteach usto have the eye ofdiscovering,to have theabilityto adapttothismultidimensionalsociety, to欢迎下载2精品文库obtain the knowledge for the jobs known or unknown. You may save a lot ofmoney and time throu

14、gh vocational training, but the knowledge youve got islimited and you are poor in soul. Humanities and other good qualities youvegotthrough liberalarts educationispriceless, areluxuriesthat cant beweighed in money, and will offer great benefits for a life-long time.We are not paying no attention for

15、 thepracticalthings for the future. Onthe contrary, we pay much more. We are warning people not to save little butlose a lot. Critical thinking, writing and analysis that are necessary for success,which isalsothe practical knowledgethatcouldn tget from vocationaltraining.Whatwe have to trainourpeople is the capabilityto developandcompete with elites from western countries and thus become more influentialintheinternationalsociety.Thatistheall-rounddevelopment,theimprovement of comprehensive qualities.In the last, a person who workhard is not always tosucceed, but asuccessful pers