Dual Priority Agenda: China's Model for Modernizing Education

Purpose —Forty years ago, China made a critical decision to reform and open up, achieving sustained economic growth. Simultaneously, China continued to center efforts on achieving its education modernization goals. It succeeded in the unconventional development of education, consolidating a populati...

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Published inECNU Review of Education Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 5 - 33
Main Author Yuan, Zhenguo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2018
Sage Publications Ltd
SAGE Publishing
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Compulsory Education
Deng Xiaoping
Developed Nations
Economic development
Economic reform
Education reform
Educational Change
Educational Development
Enrollment Rate
Expenditure per Student
Expenditures
Foreign Countries
Government (Administrative Body)
Government Role
High income
Human capital
Human Resources
Ideology
Industrialized nations
Modernization
Productivity
Public Education
Science education
Science Instruction
Social change
Social Development
Student Evaluation
Success
Technological Advancement
United States > US
China
Dual Priority Agenda (DPA)
China
education modernization
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Summary:Purpose —Forty years ago, China made a critical decision to reform and open up, achieving sustained economic growth. Simultaneously, China continued to center efforts on achieving its education modernization goals. It succeeded in the unconventional development of education, consolidating a population of nearly 1.4 billion into a powerful human-resource-centered nation and creating favorable interactive relationships with social and economic development. This paper aims to explore how these achievements were gained and how these relationships were made. Design/Approach/Methods —This paper is conceptual in nature. Findings —Based on the policy documents and development practice, this paper proposes a model of Dual Priority Agenda (DPA), whereby the government prioritized education development, and this development focused predominantly on promoting national development. Originality/Value —By elaborating the background, characteristics, rationales, and mechanisms of the DPA, this paper contributes to a new conceptualization of reciprocal relationship between the state and educational modernization.
ISSN:2096-5311
2632-1742
DOI:10.30926/ecnuroe2018010102