The Phenomena of "Education Involution" and the Root Cause Cracking

Abstract

The involution of education refers to the phenomenon that education stagnates or cannot be transformed into another advanced mode after the social or cultural mode reaches a certain form at a certain stage of development. The main source of internal volume is negative sum game, where resources are limited, it is difficult to open source, and competition rules are exclusive. Faced with this kind of competition, people's investment increases but the total amount of society does not increase, so it is impossible to achieve a win-win situation of personal income and total amount growth. The root of the current education involution lies in the fact that the current education system can't meet people's demand for educational resources under the dual contradiction between employment and class. This phenomenon is particularly evident in the zero-sum exam competition represented by the college entrance examination. This paper puts forward that to solve the problem of education involution, we should handle the relationship between class contradiction, education equity, employment situation and education involution as a whole, and the concrete measures can be taken from the aspects of increasing rising channels, reforming the education system and alleviating employment pressure.