DOI 10.30926/ecnuroe20181010101 Editorial
From the Editors
©East China Normal University & East China Normal University Press, Shanghai, China
Chinese education, broadly defined as education in the greater China region and education under the influence of Chinese educational philosophy and culture, is a significant education phenomenon in the world for a number of reasons. First, the outcome of Chinese education has significant implications for the entire world and our common future as China schools the largest population of youth in the world today. Chinese students contribute the largest proportion to the international student mobility. Students in Chinese schools as well as Chinese students studying in the world today are the citizens and workforce tomorrow. What and how well they learn today affect not only China’s future but also the future of the world in the already highly globalized human community. Second, Chinese education holds significant lessons for education in other countries and regions. How the world’s largest education system in a developing economy tackles the common concerns of excellence and equity in education can offer insights for education systems around the globe. Third, the phenomenon of Chinese education, like any education phenomenon rooted in a long history, rich culture, super-sized population and vast geography, is extremely complex and difficult to understand. Moreover, the cultural, economic, political, and historical contexts of Chinese education are so different from those of the dominant Western education that Chinese education could offer vastly different perspectives, approaches and strategies for improving education in the world.
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