Beyond"Training":The"Creative Growth"Paradigm and Practical Path of Developing Educationalist Principals
"Cultivating a group of educationalists and advocating for schools to be run by education-alists"is both a strategic requirement for the development of a strong education system by 2035 and an intrinsic demand for the reform of basic education in China.Against the backdrop of"promoting the spirit of educationalists",constructing a"creative growth"paradigm for developing educationalist principals requires,on the one hand,clarification and confirmation of what an"educationalist princi-pal"is,whether an educationalist principal can be cultivated,and the logic and significance of actions taken to develop such principals.On the other hand,it necessitates moving beyond the limitations of the"training"paradigm,facilitating the elucidation of the"integrated creation"and"consistent gen-eration"concepts in the"creative growth"paradigm for developing educationalist principals,as well as their characteristics of presence,synergy,and ecology.The practical path to building a"creative growth"paradigm for developing educationalist principals requires value guidance as a prerequisite,innovation in practice as a fundamental basis,mechanism reconstruction as a key factor,and self-aware development as the ultimate goal.
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