我国“教师节”的设立——在象征性政策与实质性政策之间

The Setting up of “Teacher's Day” in China——Between Symbolic Policy and Substantial Policy

象征性政策指那些创造情感忠诚的政府行为或把社会地位赋予社会上的关键人物的政策。教师节作为象征性的教育政策,对推动尊师重教的社会风尚、提高教师的社会地位具有重要意义。从教育政策学的角度,回顾教师节这一象征性教育政策的设立与实施过程,可以透视我国教育政策制定和执行的特点以及存在的问题。

A symbolic policy is referred to a kind of governmental action that creates sentimental loyalty or a policy that grants a certain social status to key figures in society. As a symbolic educational policy, the Teacher＇s Day is significance of developing a social tendency of respecting teachers and stressing education, and of enhancing teachers＂ social status.