The research of ideological and political education of vocational college students

Vocational colleges have been an important type among China's colleges and universities. Up till February, 2005, there have been over 1,500 independent vocational colleges in our country, making up over 70% of the total institutions of higher education and providing more than 50% of the students studying for their degrees in colleges and universities. They have become a vital new force for higher education. However, those vocational colleges cannot be compared with regular institutions of higher education in reference to their school history, faculty, management and teaching equipment. Besides, the student source is relatively bad. Effective ideological and political education of vocational college students should be an issue well worth considering seriously by every ideological and political worker. In this article, diverse document literatures are collected and a variety of discourses are analyzed synthetically so that relevant scientific views are extracted to support the essay. The inner world of vocational college students is concerned from the perspective of philosophy, education, psychology, sociology, especially psychology so as to broaden our horizon, open mind and overcome the blind spot and flaw generated from single research point of view and method.