Abstract:

Against the backdrop of profound transformations in the global knowledge landscape and the growing urgency to construct China’s independent knowledge system, educational jurisprudence—an interdisciplinary field dedicated to studying the phenomena and laws of educational law—bears significant practical importance in building its own independent knowledge system. This endeavor is crucial for accurately grasping education’s political, people-centered, and strategic attributes, as well as advancing the modernization of educational governance capacity and governance systems.The construction of an independent knowledge system for Chinese educational jurisprudence aims to break free from the constraints of Western theories and address local educational issues in a way that better aligns with China’s national conditions, and its foundation lies in clearly defining its underlying logics: the educational logic, legal logic, and value logic. The educational logic, rooted in the fundamental attributes of Chinese education, clarifies that educational jurisprudence must serve the core mission of “nurturing talents for the Party and the nation,”safeguard the priority of educational development, and adhere to the people-centered value orientation. The legal logic focuses on the internal structure and operational mechanism of the knowledge system. It conducts in-depth analysis of the connotation of educational subjects’ rights under the guidance of the Constitution, demonstrates the systemic integration paradigm shifting from “branch law”to “domain law” to meet the complex governance needs of the lifelong education era, and emphasizes the realization of localized transformation in educational governance through a “dual-drive” model. The value logic is committed to addressing the inherent tensions among diverse values in educational practice and exploring dynamic adjustment methods and balancing paths for resolving value conflicts. These three interrelated and progressive logics together form a comprehensive framework characterized by theoretical consistency, practical guidance, and value leadership, laying a solid foundation for the deepening and innovation of the independent knowledge system of Chinese educational jurisprudence.

Key words: education law, independent knowledge system, underlying logic