People who are unlearned reveal the individual function of education. In society, education is not only the basic requirement, way and means of individual survival and development, but also the basic way (or lifestyle) of individual survival.

The individual function and social function of education are the relationship of unity of opposites. Personal function is relative to social function, and social function is relative to personal function.

The role of education on individuals will inevitably affect society, and the role of education on society will inevitably be realized by acting on individuals. The conflict between personal function and social function is essentially rooted in the objective contradiction between society and individuals. The organic combination of these two functions is the pursuit and goal of contemporary education.

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From the perspective of school education, individual socialization mainly includes four aspects:

First, learning life skills, mainly including daily life skills and vocational skills needed by the era and society;

Second, internalize social culture, mainly including value system and social norms;

The third is to improve self-concept, that is, to have a correct understanding of one's physical and psychological condition and the relationship between oneself and others and society;

Fourth, learn to assume social roles, that is, through role learning and role practice, he can consciously act according to the norms stipulated for him in the social structure, which is the essence and ultimate embodiment of socialization.