The origin of education:
Mencius' "Mencius with all my heart": "It's fun to be educated by talented people in the world."
The definition of education:
1. Education in a broad sense refers to any activity that improves people's knowledge and skills and affects people's ideology and morality. "Education" is regarded as a subsystem in the whole social system, which distributes and undertakes certain social functions.
The most essential understanding of education is the knowledge instillation and behavior guidance of people's thoughts by society. The object of education is people, and the content must be benign and meaningful, so that people can transform society.
2. Education in a narrow sense refers to individual spiritual sublimation. This definition emphasizes the influence of social factors on individual development. Defining "education" from a personal point of view is often equivalent to an individual's learning or development process.
3. Education in a narrow sense mainly refers to school education, which refers to the activities that educators exert influence on the body and mind of the educated in a purposeful, planned and organized way according to the requirements of a certain society or class, and cultivate them into people needed by a certain society or class. This mainly refers to the exam-oriented education in China campus.
The significance and function of education;
Meaning:
The significance of education lies in cultivating people's thoughts, knowledge and skills, so that people can adapt to social development. Education can make people better understand themselves and the world, have correct values and morals, maintain a positive attitude towards life and cultivate innovative spirit and creativity.
Through education, people can learn all kinds of knowledge and skills, improve their comprehensive quality and competitiveness, and make contributions to personal and social development.
Function:
The function of education lies in promoting social development and progress. Education can create more talents for the society, improve the cultural level and economic level of the whole society, and promote the progress of science and technology and civilization.
Education can cultivate more innovative talents and scientists and promote the development of society to a higher level. At the same time, education is also an important means of inheriting culture, which can maintain and develop various cultural traditions and promote cultural diversity and exchange.