通识教育起源于西方的自由教育,但其内涵却在不断的丰富,当今社会我们对通识教育的界定有很多,却都强调要培养完整的人。显然,在社会的市场化发展等一系列背景下,通识教育对高职的重要性,主要表现为:增强学生的基本能力;社会的市场化转型的需要;给予高技能人才以营养补充。因此,我们必须要在思想上和行动上重视通识教育在高职教育中的重要地位。 Liberal education originated from liberal education in the West, but its connotation is constantly enriched. In our society, there are many definitions of general education, but all emphasize to cultivate complete people. Obviously, under the background of the market-oriented development of society, the importance of general education to higher vocational education is mainly manifested in the following aspects: enhancing the basic ability of students; the need of market-oriented social transformation; and providing highly skilled personnel with nutritional supplements. Therefore, we must pay great attention to the important position of general education in higher vocational education both ideologically and in action.