1, education is eternal: education is a unique social phenomenon of human beings. As long as human society exists, education exists. The eternity of education is determined by the function of education itself.
2. Education is historic: in different societies or different historical stages of the same society, the nature, purpose and content of education are different. This is because education is not only restricted by the productive forces at that time, but also by the relations of production.
3. Education has relative independence: the relative independence of education means that education has its own operating rules and development characteristics.
The main functions of education are:
(1) The primary function of education is to promote individual development, including individual socialization and individualization.
(2) The most basic function of education is to influence the change of social talent system and economic development. Modern society emphasizes that the economic function of education mainly includes: providing a good background for the sustained and stable development of the economy; Improve the potential labor ability of the educated; Form ideas, attitudes and behaviors that adapt to modern economic life.
(3) The social function of education is to cultivate talents for the development of the country and serve the political and economic development of the country.
(4) The most far-reaching function of education is to influence the development of culture. Education should not only convey culture, but also meet the requirements of the continuation and renewal of culture itself.