Theoretical Research On Educational Resources Allocation

It is a big issue that the educational inequality expands in the process of educational reform in China. The educational gap being broadened is inconsistent with harmonious society building. The imbalance of educational development is mainly caused by the imbalanced allocation of educational resources, which is influenced primarily by the educational policies.Government is the main body that constitutes and carries out the educational policies. Therefore, the government plays a key role in educational resources allocation system. The government has to do something to adjust the allocation system. What hide behind the educational policies is the game of stakeholder representatives. In the process of constituting and implementing the policies of educational resources allocation, the disadvantaged group is often placed in the margin or even being excluded from the legitimate members. For the purpose of decreasing the educational gap and realizing the balanced development of education, it is essential to change the basic orientation of the policies of educational resources allocation, to adjust the whole design of the allocation system. Changing from the advantaged inclination to the disadvantaged inclination, and then from the disadvantaged inclination to the disadvantaged compensation, it is hoped that a perfect educational compensation system could be set up. It will not only guarantee the basic human right of educational disadvantaged group, maintain the social justice, but also promote the tridimensional equity and comprehensive efficiency of education.The study follows the idea of putting forward the problem, analyzing the problem, and solving the problem. Giving an example of the gap between the city and the country, the study reflects on the policies of educational resources allocation since the new China has been founded by analyzing the policies. The study also explores the methods for building the educational compensation system. The brief review of chapters is following.Chapter 1: Discusses the theories about educational resources allocation. In this chapter, some issues has been explored, such as the concept and the attributes of educational resources, the allocation methods and the existence situation of educational resources allocation, the meaning of educational equity and educational efficiency and the relationship between them, the essential of educational resources allocation, and so on. Many new perspectives have been put forward. The research has broken the limitation of economics. The concept of educational resources has been defined upon the sociology. A new perception on educational equity and efficiency has been brought forward: educational equity has a tridimensional configuration, and educational efficiency contains economic efficiency and sociological efficiency. Equity and efficiency are basic value coordinates of educational resources allocation, while the game of stakeholders in the allocation system is the essential factor influencing the allocation system. The essential of the educational resources allocation is the game for the interests among stakeholders. This chapter has established the theory foundation for the follow chapters.Chapter 2: Explore the status quo of the imbalanced educational resources allocation such as educational funds, teaching staff, teaching condition, teaching and curriculum, educational opportunities etc, by giving a case of the gap between the city and the country. A large-scale field investigation has been carried out referring to the educational statistics published by the state. It has provided the basis for researching on the status quo of the rural education.Chapter 3: Reflect on the educational policies that lead to the imbalance of the educational resources. The move of the educational resources allocation policies since the foundation of China has been reviewed. The mechanism of rural compulsory educational fund allocation and the policy on the education of peasant-workers'children have been discussed deeply. It is pointed that the new mechanism and the educational policy for peasant-workers'children have some problems and deficiencies.Chapter 4: I explore the theory of educational compensation. Educational compensation chronically appears in practice as an ethical assist for educational disadvantaged group. The study researched on it theoretically. Damage compensation and justice maintenance are two essential meanings of educational compensation. The educational compensation is both a notion for educational resources allocation, but a basic principle of educational resources allocation. The government and the society should assume the responsibility of educational compensation for the disadvantaged group. The responsibility is not only ethical, but also jural. The chapter explores the meaning of educational compensation, the value basis of educational compensation, the tenet and the key points of educational compensation.Chapter 5: Building the system of educational compensation. Aimed on promoting the educational development of the disadvantaged group, a compensation system for compulsory educational resources allocation has been designed, which includes the instructional idea for the system design, the principle and the exercisable tactics, and so on.