Due to people's different positions, angles and methods on education, there will inevitably be various educational views and a hundred schools of thought contend. No matter how different people's subjective consciousness of education is, it will not affect the objective essence of education. This article will discuss the objective essence of education and the importance of education definition.

The role and function of education

In the past, some people expounded the question of what education is through some idealized educational views. For example, there is a saying: "In a broad sense, all activities that enhance people's knowledge and skills and improve people's ideological and moral level are education." However, this formulation also includes some practical activities that do not belong to education.

The direct result of education

All the innovative and first-hand knowledge of human beings is generally not the direct result of education. Education spreads the existing knowledge and allows the educated to acquire the knowledge that the educators have mastered.

Educational purpose

There is also an educational view that places great hopes on the function and purpose of education: "Education is to promote people's development and social progress, and to cultivate people's social activities by imparting knowledge and experience." But the educational activities in reality are not all so ideal.

The definition of education

In order to facilitate people to discuss various educational issues, it is necessary to have a clear, unified and appropriate definition of education as an objective thing, so as to make it a common starting point for studying all educational issues.