The Causation Analysis of Over-education in China

Abstract

With more and more mismatches between jobs and education degrees in China, the meaning of education, social environment, and pedagogy are reviewed. The paper points out the prevalence of over-education in China and analyzes its causation from two aspects. A growing body of literature investigates the pedagogy and the way of student study. Chinese students are relatively passive on study and are considered learning machines. The pedagogy in school gives them more pressure and cruel competition in the labor market pushes them to study so hard. So far, however, there has been very little discussion about the nature of education. In contrast to the pursuit of high scores, there is much less about the effects of parents and teachers high requirements for children on education. This paper mainly discusses the reasons of over-education in China, and from the data analysis, it shows that there is not only a problem with the involution, but also the social trend that will cause the over-education in China. The synthesis of current research is beneficial for schools and society to reexamine the distorted education, understand the real meaning of education and how to match it with the labor market.