社会阶层对教育的影响：纪录片《人生七年》解读

Chart.3below,wecanseethatChina’spre-schooleducationfundingisfarlessthanthatofprimaryandsecondaryeducation,reachingmerely8%oftotalnationaleducationfunds.Incontrast,thefundingforthe“MigrantEducationProgram”mainlycomesfromtheU.S.FederalGovernment’s“PrimaryandSecondaryEducationAct”andtheCaliforniaOfficeofEconomicDevelopment(Yang&Zhao,2012).Theperfectservicesystemrelievesparentsfromworryingaboutneglectingtheirchildren’scareduetoworkinghoursandhelpstoreducetheextraburdenonfloatingfamilies.Similartothenine-yearcompulsoryeducationthatourcountrywantstoadoptgenerally,theK-12educationsystemintheUnitedStatesensuresthateverychildcanreceivepre-schooleducationfromanearlierage,whichensuresrelativelyfairopportunitiesfromthestartingpointofeducation.Chart.SEQChart.\*ARABIC3NationalEducationFundsInvestedinEachStageofEducation(Han,2017)Apartfrompre-schooleducation,itisalsoquitenecessarytonarrowtheregionaldifferencesineducationalfunds.Basedontheaboveanalysisoftheinfluenceofexternalfactorsoneducation,westernChina,asabackwardareaineducation,shouldimproveitseconomicdevelopmentlevelandcreateanenvironmentconducivetoeducationalinvestment(Wang&Tan,2009).Duetothelowpercapitafundinginthecentralregion,theregionshouldimproveitsregionalcompetitivenessandeconomicstrengthandnarrowthegapineducationalinvestment.Intheeasternregion,educationalfinancingchannelsshouldbebroadened.ComparingtheratioofpubliceducationexpenditureindifferentcountriestoGDPintheChart.4andexpendituresofcentralaswellaslocalgovernmentonChart.5,Ithinkthecurrentexpenditureoneducationinpublicfinanceandexpenditureoneducationincentralfinanceshouldcontinuetoincreasetohelpreducethepressureoflocalgovernmentsonlocalfinancialexpenditure.Chart.4GovernmentexpenditureoneducationasapercentageofGDP(OECD,2017)Chart.5ProportionofCentralandLocalFinancialExpenditureonEducation(Han,2017)Additionally,thehighereducationsecuritypolicyshouldreducetherestrictionfromfamilybackgroundandsocialstratum.Theguaranteeisthateveryonehasequalaccesstotheuniversity,ratherthaneveryonecanentertheidealuniversity.Therearegreatdifferencesbetweenprimaryandsecondaryeducationofdifferentregionsinourcountry.Asanimportantinterfaceforcollegeentrance,highschooleducationneedstobeextendedtohighschooleducation(Yan,2011).Thegovernmentshouldprovidebasiclivingeducationgrantsforchildrenfromlow-incomefamiliesatthejuniorandseniorhighschoolstages(Wang&Ma,2017).Itisnecessarytoestablishacompleteandconsistentpolicyofincentives,loans,andtaxrelief.6.3DevelopEducationalInformatizationWiththeincreasingemphasisoneducationinformatizationinourcountry,theinfrastructureandequipmentofschoolinformatizationshouldbeimproved.Similarly,Japanattachesgreatimportancetothebalanceddevelopmentofcompulsoryeducationamongregions,andremoteareasarealsoitsfocus,suchasvigorouslystrengtheningtheconstructionofeducationinformatizationinremoteareas.Asearlyas1955,theMinistryofEducation,Culture,andSportsactivelycarriedoutresearchandexperimentsontwo-wayteachingandactivitiesbyconnectingschoolsinremoteareaswithschoolsincitiesthroughopticalcablesandintroducingavideoconferencesystem.Japanguaranteesthebalanceofresourcesamongcompulsoryeducationregionsandletseverystudentattainingcompulsoryeducationtohavethesameeducationalresources,whichreflectsthefairnessoftheeducationalprocess.Thusfar,thestatecouldinvestheavilyindevelopingonlineeducation,educationalbigdataandcloudplatforms,andothertechnologicalproducts,sothatmorebackwardareascanenjoythesamequalityofeducationwithoutbeingaffectedbyregionalfactors.

ConclusionThepurposeofthisdissertationwastodeterminewhethersocialstratificationwilllimitthemobilityofpeoplebetweentheclassinthefuturebywatchingandinterpretingthedocumentary

TheUpSeries.

Thisdissertationevaluatesthecausesofsocialclassoneducationfrombothinternalcircumstanceandexternalcircumstances.Fortheinternalfactors,themostobviousfindingtoemergefromthisstudyisthatnomatterinwhichversionofthisdocumentary,regardingtheupperclass,theyunquestionablyhavesufficientresourcesincludingeconomicandsocialcapitals,therebysupportingtheirchildinfulfillingbotheducationandfuturecareer.Apartfromthematerialassistance,anotherdiscrepancybetweenthevariousclassesistheeducationalconceptsandmethods.Forparentswithanexcellentacademicbackground,theytendtopaymoreattentiontotheinvestmentineducation.Whilstpeopleatthebottomoftheclassindifferentcountrieshavedifferentapproaches.Inthepast,mostpoorchildrenacceptedtheideathatmakingmoneywasthemostvitalthingandeducationshouldbeendedearly.Whenitcomestotheexternalfactors,regardlessofthefactthattherearestillrestrictionsforthebottomlikeunbalanceofregionaleconomicandculturaldevelopmentwithinanationandsoon,manycountriesmadeseveralmeasurestoensuretheequalopportunityineducationviathemodificationsintheeducationalresources,financialtilt,andtechnology.Insuchways,moreandmorelower-classfamiliesrealizedtheimportanceofeducationbecausearelativeequaleducationopportunitymightmakethemreapahigherlevel.

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