The viewpoint of educational pathology is still unpopular among educational sociologists. But, this viewpoint is important for the thorough understanding of education itself. It isexpected that more interests and efforts should be concentrated in this field.
The theoretical framework has not been formulated, but educational pathology may be difined as thedeviance or dysfunction of education. Educational pathology will consist of deviant educational conditions, educational dysfunction, and deviant behaviors.
In this paper, the influence of the applicants' competition for admission on educational pathology will be explored. This can be classified into the two subitems: educational pathology in the family and the school, and social abnormality or deviance in the admission competition. And the latter can be further itemized into deviant behaviors, the increasing number of junior high school graduates who have not been offered admission to senior high schools, and the “admission test industry”.
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