German educator Kerschensteiner believes that a country's education has only one purpose, that is, to cultivate citizens. Generally speaking, the so-called social standard theory is an educational theory that advocates taking society as the noumenon and emphasizes setting educational goals and constructing educational activities according to the needs of social development.
Social-oriented education theory is opposite to individual-oriented education theory and children-oriented education theory. Some people think that the purpose of education should be established according to the requirements of society. /kloc-in the second half of the 9th century, the main representatives of western social schools were Comte of France, nuttall of Germany and Durkheim of France.
They believe that personal development depends on and is restricted by society. There is no real individual, only human beings exist; Man is a man only because he lives among people and participates in social life. All aspects of people's physical and mental development depend on society to provide nutrition, and everything comes from society.
The purpose of education is to socialize individuals. Individuals are only the raw materials of education, and have no value to determine the purpose of education. The purpose of education is to make individuals adapt to social life, become citizens and make contributions to society. The process of education is to impose social values or collective consciousness on individuals and transform children from people who have never had social characteristics into "social newcomers" with personal qualities needed by society.