The modernization direction of socialist education in the new period refers to cultivating socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor with the goal of rallying people's hearts, perfecting personality, developing human resources, cultivating talents and benefiting the people.

First, the meaning of educational modernization

Educational modernization is a process of arming people with modern advanced educational ideas and science and technology, gradually raising educational ideas, educational contents, methods and means, school buildings and equipment to the world's modern advanced level, and cultivating new workers and high-quality talents who can adapt to the international economic competition and comprehensive national strength competition.

Second, the characteristics of modern education

1, publicity of modern education

The so-called publicity means that modern education has gradually become a social public utility, targeting all people in society, not slave society. Education is only aimed at those ruling classes who have the right and money, and should serve all the people in society, not just a few people.

2. Productive nature of modern education

The so-called productivity means that modern education is more and more integrated with human material production, and more and more attention is paid to various close ties with the production field.

Modern education is not divorced from human material production like education in ancient society, and the purpose of human education is not to apply what they have learned. Modern education is to help people apply what they have learned. One of its important signs is the great development of vocational education.

3. The scientific nature of modern education.

The so-called scientificity means that on the one hand, science education has become the basic content and important aspect of modern education, on the other hand, modern science and technology are increasingly providing technical support for education, unlike ancient education, where the content of science education is often regarded as heresy and the teaching methods are more taught by teachers.

4. The future of modern education.

The so-called futurity means that the value orientation and goal orientation of modern education will have a great impact on the future personal and social development, so modern education will consider the needs of the future development of people and society. It is often said that education should face the future.

5. Internationality of modern education.

The so-called internationalization means that modern education should develop internationally in knowledge and attitude, as well as in emotion and skills, and train the educated into modern intellectuals who are in line with internationalization. In a word, education should face the world.

6. Lifelong nature of modern education.

The so-called lifelong nature means that from a spatial perspective, modern education is no longer confined to the school walls, and people can study anywhere as long as they want to receive education; From the time point of view, modern education is not limited to the study in students' time. It emphasizes that education runs through people's life and learning should begin in old age.

Main contents of educational modernization

1, modernization of educational concepts

The modernization of educational concept is the soul of educational modernization, because only when the educational concept changes can the system be changed and the contents and methods be reformed. China introduced the western educational system in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and the educational content was updated several times, but the educational concept did not completely change.

The change of educational concept is the most important and difficult change, because the concept is deeply rooted in people's minds and difficult to change, which is related to long-term cultural traditions and national psychology, as well as to the realistic social environment.

2. Modernization of educational thought

In the critical period when the basic contradiction of education in China has undergone fundamental changes, the "Nine Persistences" have drawn a clear line between right and wrong and clarified the vague understanding at the choice point when education development enters a new era and a new historical orientation.

This paper reveals the law of China's education development, expounds the correct path of taking the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's education development and cultivating socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor, and points out the broad road to speeding up the modernization of education, building an educational power and running a satisfactory education for the people.

3. Modernization of educational content

The content of education is the sum total of excellent human experience taught by schools to students. The modernization of educational content, that is, the content taught by education must meet the requirements of social development and scientific and technological progress, and must promote the development of modernization, which is the focus of the whole educational modernization.

4. Modernization of teaching methods

Modernization of teaching methods is the general trend of educational reform. The development of science and technology requires not only the modernization of teaching content, but also the modernization of teaching methods. In the process of modernization, teaching methods show different characteristics from traditional teaching methods.

5. Modernization of educational means.

Modern teaching methods are relative to traditional teaching methods. Traditional teaching methods mainly refer to a textbook, a piece of chalk, a blackboard and several historical wall charts.

Modern teaching means refers to all kinds of audio-visual education equipment and teaching materials, namely slide projector, projector, tape recorder, video recorder, TV set, film player, VCD player, DVD player, computer and so on. They were moved into classrooms and used as visual AIDS in various disciplines. Because modern science and technology such as sound, light and electricity are used to assist teaching, it is also called "audio-visual teaching".

6. Modernization of education management

Informatization of educational management is an important content and breakthrough of educational modernization. With the construction and application of the public service platform of education management such as high school curriculum reform network, the process of education management is more simplified and optimized, the decision-making mechanism of education evaluation is more scientific and democratic, and the educational governance structure is more clear and reasonable. Informatization of educational management has become an important support for educational reform and development.

7. Modernization of teachers' quality

2 1 century puts forward new and higher requirements for the cultivation of talents. The hope of revitalizing the nation lies in education, and the key to revitalizing education lies in teachers. 2 1 century is the century when teachers move from general social occupation to specialization. Improving teachers' quality is not only the voice of the object of education, the requirement of society, but also the inevitable need of the development of education itself.

2 1 century The cultivation of high-quality talents depends on high-level quality education, which requires cross-century qualified teachers.