Urban-Rural Integration and the Urban-Rural Integration of Compulsory Education:Coupling and Collaboration
The coupling of urban-rural integration with the urban-rural integration of compulsory education reflects the internal mechanism for the interaction between education and society.This study,based on the variables-based panel data,creates a coupling-based development model.The research results show the following:There is no linear interaction between urban-rural integration and the urban-rural integration of compulsory education,subject to regional economy,policy orientation and the dual structure;the coupling helps achieve the active transformation from insufficient coordination to moderate coordination,and improve both quantity and quality in population,regions,economy,society,ecology and education;there is a significant difference in the spatial pattern,and the east-centered spatial pattern tends to expand outwards in the shape of"high east and low west"on the whole;the improved integration of urban-rural compulsory education in the eastern areas reflects the leading role of education as a high-end element in social development,but the lack of systematic guarantee in education in the rapid process of urbanization;and the promoted urban-rural integration in the central and northeast areas further responds to the urgent needs for the balanced allocation of educational resources,but there are potentials in the active integration of education into urban-rural integration and the promotion of the balanced regional development by education.In Chinese modernization,facing the gap between urban and rural education,we must,based on the spatial perspective,push forward both urban-rural integration and the urban-rural integration of compulsory education,coordinate macro theories and institutional systems,create a progressive and consciously coordinated model for government governance,optimize the differential flow of elements to restore the use value of urban-rural space,and improve indicators and data to develop a linkage mechanism for evaluation and coupling,so as to reshape urban-rural spatial justice based on respect for differences,and promote the continuous upgrading of urban-rural compulsory education in the coupling of the two systems.
urban-rural integrationthe integration of urban-rural compulsory educationspace justicecoupling-oriented relationshipcoordinated development