作为一移民国家,美国本可照搬欧洲母国的发展轨道,但可贵之处在于,其选择了“在移植中反思,在反思中创新”的本土道路。1917年《史密斯-休斯法案》成为美国中等职业教育走出欧洲框架的起点。其间,“普杜之辩”与综合中学“单轨”制所彰显的本土自觉意识为世界各国尤其是中国建构具有自身特征的职业教育模式提供了启示;有关自由教育与职业教育、职业主义与民主主义、雇主阶层与雇员阶层、效率与民主等多维冲突的讨论则为其它国家教育制度的创设提供了典范。 As an immigrant country, the United States could have copied the development track of its motherland in Europe. However, the valuable point is that it has chosen the indigenous path of “rethinking in transplantation and innovation in reflection.” 1917 “Smith - Hughes Act” as the United States secondary vocational education out of the starting point of the European framework. In the meantime, the self-awareness of “Pudd ’s defense ” and “integrated high school ” monorail "system has provided enlightenment for all countries in the world, especially China to build a vocational education model with its own characteristics. Regarding free education and vocational education, The discussion of multidimensional conflicts such as occupationism and democracy, employer class and employee class, efficiency and democracy provided a model for the creation of educational systems in other countries.