Abstract:

“The governance of education in China” is a new concept frequently used by the educational field recently but lacks clear explanations. It is very necessary to understand the connotation of this concept to further promote the theoretical research and practical reform of educational governance. The research finds that “the governance of education in China” contains three connotations, including the original meaning of governance, the content of educational governance, and the guiding ideology and policy basis of national governance. The first connotation is rooted in two aspects of governance, namely “management” and “guidance”, from the perspective of the starting point or origin. The second connotation is from the perspective of domain and scope, which includes two aspects of “management” and “guidance” in educational governance. The third is from the perspective of value guidance, which is related to the spirit and policy of strengthening the leadership of the CPC, further improving the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and other “management”, as well as taking the people as the center, handling relations in all aspects, mobilizing enthusiasm in all aspects, and co-governance and sharing as the “guidance” side, as stated in Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Adhering to and Improving the System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics to Promote the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity. The governance of education in China must comprehensively follow these three connotations to do a good job in educational governance.

Key words: the original meaning of governance, educational governance, the governance of education in China