1. Guiding teaching: The purpose of education determines the direction and goal of education, which helps teachers to clarify the teaching content, methods and means, guide the teaching process and improve the quality of education.
For example, the purpose of education defines the goal of cultivating students' basic knowledge and practical ability, which helps teachers to arrange teaching contents and methods reasonably and improve students' comprehensive quality and learning ability.
2. Evaluation of educational effect: The purpose of education is to clearly state and stipulate the expected results and effects of educational activities, which can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of education and test the actual effect of educational work, so as to continuously improve and optimize educational content and methods.
For example, in an educational activity, if the purpose of education is to cultivate students' innovative ability, we can evaluate students' innovative ability through questionnaires, observation and records, find out problems and deficiencies in time, and make scientific adjustments for subsequent educational activities.
3. Guide personal development: The purpose of education is to guide individuals to the right development direction, help them to establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values, and cultivate their comprehensive qualities such as innovation ability and social responsibility.
For example, the purpose of education can clearly cultivate students' independent thinking ability and practical ability, guide them to actively explore in their studies, and dare to try and innovate in their daily lives.
4. Promote social progress: the purpose of education should also be linked with social needs, and promote social, economic and cultural development and progress by cultivating qualified talents and popularizing scientific knowledge and technology.
For example, the purpose of education can clearly cultivate students' modern scientific and technological knowledge and skills, help improve the country's scientific and technological level and competitiveness, and promote the rapid development of social economy and culture.
Education in a broad sense refers to all social practice activities that spread and learn the achievements of human civilization, that is, all kinds of knowledge, skills and social life experiences, in order to promote individual socialization and social individualization, which originated from the primary stage of human society; Education in a narrow sense refers to school education, that is, institutionalized education. Education in a broad sense includes all aspects of social treatment, such as family education, etiquette and other civilized social education.
In a word, the purpose of education is to clearly express and stipulate the expected results and effects of educational activities, and it is the guiding ideology and action criterion of educational work. It plays an important role in improving the quality of education, evaluating the effect of education, guiding personal development and promoting social progress.