The Duality of Elite Education and Its Educational Reform Implications
Modern society takes elite talents as its core human capital and has formed elite education,which takes the cultivation of those with outstanding abilities as the consensus for action.Ability-based,equal opportunities and"those with competence get more"constitute the core characteristics of elite education,reshaping the basic appearance of modern education.Under the value orientation of ability,elite education is based on future self-creation and fair competition,which meets people's longing and yearning for personal freedom and social efficiency.However,while releasing the superiority,elitist education has gradually become a restrictive force for educational development and social harmony,leading to the alienation of students,the injustice of education and the separation of social community.Elite education has created the screening education system and the concept of possession individualism,and even created the arrogance of the elite.In the face of elite education duality,future educational reform and development need to take egalitarianism as the premise,reshape elite education ideas to cultivate diversified elite talents,unlock the elite creation qualities and stimulate the elite social responsibility,and build an education model that is organically coupled and symbiotic and complementary to elite education and education for all,so as to realize the dynamic balance of the dual goals of equality and excellence.