Questions and Explorations on the Attributes of Education as an Economic Sector

Autor/in	Xiaohui, Wang
Titel	Questions and Explorations on the Attributes of Education as an Economic Sector
Quelle	In: Chinese Education and Society, 39 (2006) 5, S.75-82 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1061-1932
DOI	10.2753/CED1061-1932390506
Schlagwörter	Free Enterprise System; Industry; Educational Change; Social Systems; Role of Education; Productivity; Outcomes of Education; Global Approach; Economics; Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freie Wirtschaft; Industrie; Bildungsreform; Social system; Soziales System; Bildungsauftrag; Produktivität; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Globales Denken; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Wechselbeziehung
Abstract	The concept of education as a social activity for training people is clear. In the past few years, connections between education and the economy have become increasingly close along with the development of the market economy. This is indeed a good thing, but it has also given rise to some misunderstanding. Some say education possesses the attributes of an industry ("chanye"), and others simply merge education with the economy, or even propose that education should be commodified. When discussing education, some fail to grasp the essential characteristics of education but qualify and dress up some educational attributes as something akin to "industry," argue that education possesses industrial attributes, and even propose the commodification of education. If the concepts of "industry" and "education" are examined from the different angles of economics, statistics, and pedagogics, respectively, and we conduct comprehensive analyses instead of mixing up various concepts, clear understanding of these concepts might be achieved. In order to have a clear understanding on the attributes of education as an economic sector, this article explores these questions: (1) How should one understand the attributes of education as an economic sector? (2) How does education promote economic growth? and (3) How great is the contribution of education consumption to economic growth? (Contains 6 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10