黄炎培先生的思想秉承民国初年蔡元培等教育家的“实利主义、实用主义”的教育思想发展演变而成。1913年8月,黄炎培先生发表《学校采用实用主义之商榷》,倡导教育与学生生活、社会实际相连系的实用主义教育思想,加快了对其职业教育思想的升华。1917年他一手创办中国现代第一个以研究、提倡、试验、推广职业教育为目的的全国性机构——中华职业教育社。1918年在上海建立中华职业学校,并以此为中心在全国各地开展教育活动和社会活动。黄炎培先生多次 Mr. Huang Yanpei’s ideas inherited the evolution of the educational philosophy of “utilitarianism and pragmatism” by educators such as Cai Yuanpei in the early Republic of China. In August 1913, Mr. Huang Yanpei published the “Discussion on the Use of Pragmatism in Schools”, advocating the pragmatism education thought that is connected with the students’ life and social reality, and accelerated the distillation of his vocational education ideology. In 1917, he set up the first modern Chinese modern organization to study, promote, test and promote vocational education - China Vocational Education Society. In 1918, a Chinese vocational school was established in Shanghai, and education and social activities were carried out throughout the country as a center. Mr. Huang Yanpei many times