Abstract: Thinking and re-examining the issue of teaching management in higher education institutions from the perspective of educational ecology is of benefit to the ecological development of higher educations teaching management. The nature of higher educations teaching management is not just about the ways to manage the staff， the students and the courses， but also about a better grasp of the relationships between teachers and students， among teachers， students and managers， and between schools and their environments. Accordingly， it is more helpful to hold the key factors for curriculum management， teacher management and student management in higher education institutions so as to strike a balance in the system of educational ecology. In this way， a mutually beneficial symbiosis might be achieved by activating the main subject of higher education—teachers and students.

Key words: teaching management ecology, subject, existence mode, practice route