Modern education came into being and developed under the condition of the development and popularization of commodity economy, which has a certain connection with commodity economy. In the primary stage of socialism in China, education should actively adapt to the market economic system. But education cannot be commercialized, and education itself is not a commodity.
2. Productive
The main function of ancient schools was politics. They were engaged in the production of traditional hand tools and had no school education. Modern production is based on modern science and technology, and education is the only way to transform science and technology into real productive forces. Modern production and modern science and technology require the combination of education and productive labor, while in colleges and universities, it requires the combination of teaching, scientific research and production.
3. Nature of science
The comprehensive penetration of modern science and technology into social organisms not only makes production and labor more scientific, but also makes daily life more scientific. Therefore, science and technology education is the most important aspect of school education. Emphasizing STS education now means taking science, technology and society as a whole, studying their relations and introducing them into school education.
4. Democracy
Receiving school education and participating in school education are regarded as the rights and obligations of modern citizens. The popularity and mass of education, the rapid development of adult education, the development of traditional education to lifelong education, and the democratic equality of the relationship between teachers and students in the education process all reflect democracy. Of course, these do not deny that modern education still has a class nature.
Step 5 develop
Modern education pays more attention to the development of intelligence, all aspects of human potential, including the development of right brain potential and the development of human personality.