Reconsideration of the Relationship of Culture Quality Education and General Education

Currently,culture quality education and general education are both carried out in Chinese higher education institutions.Are they the same?What are the differences and how would they be treated?Based on a historical review of these two sorts of education, this paper comes up with some personal opinions.It is argued that from the perspective of undergraduate or vocational education as a whole,general educationis applicable to neither the ideas,nor the models and contents of education. On contrast,culture quality education runs through the whole process of undergraduate education.It is not only a new concept of education,but also a model with exercisable mode of operation.However,as a part or a step of undergraduate or vocational education,general education is meaningful in its ideas,models and contents.The goal of general education is to cultivate responsible citizens and educated people, which is interrelated with culture quality education.Together with formative education, general education could be an implement method of culture quality education. The author proposes a framework of culture quality education including general education, and offers some suggestions on diversity of general education and culture quality education in different types of higher education institutions.