1. Education has the function of transmitting and preserving culture. "Transmission" means that in time, education promotes the physical and mental development of individuals through the inheritance and transmission of cultures in different social and historical periods or in different periods of the same society, which has certain historical inheritance, such as the immortal spread of Confucianism in China. "Preservation" means that from the perspective of space, education can preserve culture by replacing and maintaining places, such as preserving some historical relics and materials in museums and archives.
2. Education has the function of spreading and exchanging culture. The two can be distinguished from each other in direction. "Communication" means that culture can spread in one direction through educational activities. For example, China has set up Confucius Institutes around the world to disseminate Confucius' classic works and theoretical thoughts.
"Communication" means that cultures can blend and merge in two directions through educational activities, and promote the convergence, complementarity and common progress of different countries and nationalities. For example, the development of some international academic conferences is precisely the cultural exchange and learning between different countries.
3. Education has the function of choosing and promoting culture. "Selection and promotion" means to obtain the essence of cultural content, discard its dross and eliminate bad culture through education, so as to realize the continuous development and perfection of culture.
4. Education has the function of renewing and creating culture. "Renewal and creation" means that education can activate culture, constantly stimulate new cultural content, and glow the vitality and vitality of culture, thus truly "activating" culture.
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The social development function of education refers to the influence and function of education on social development. As a subsystem of social structure, education affects the survival and development of society by cultivating people. The social functions of education mainly include population function, economic function, political function, cultural function and scientific and technological function. The social development function of education is the derivative of the ontological function of education in the social structure.
The social function of education is mainly to promote social change and social mobility. The social transformation function of education not only makes people adapt to social development, but also promotes social development by developing people's potential, improving people's quality, promoting people's socialization and guiding people's social practice. The social transformation function of education is manifested in all fields of social life.
The social transformation function of education includes economic function, political function, ecological function and cultural function. The social mobility function of education refers to the transformation, adjustment and change of social members in different social fields, social levels, professional posts and bureaucratic organizations through the cultivation, screening and improvement of education, so as to give full play to their personalities and talents and realize their life ambitions.