1, social significance: mainly refers to the reaction of education to social development. The development level of productive forces restricts the development level of education, and the significance of education in turn promotes the development of social productive forces. There are five different relations of production in history, so there are five different kinds of education. A country controls education through its educational principles and policies, which in turn consolidates its rule and plays an important role in social politics and economy. Education is an integral part of culture, and its significance plays an important role in the inheritance and development of culture. The influence of economy and politics on education is often reflected by the development of culture.

2. The function of education to promote individual socialization.

The leading role of education in individual development is that education can promote individual socialization. The socialization of individuals is a process in which individuals learn the lifestyle, behavioral habits and various concepts of the society in which they live, internalize the values and behavioral norms expected by society, and live the unique, functional and behavioral requirements necessary for social life to meet the needs of society. The socialization of individuals is very necessary. People can't exist in this society in isolation, and socialization is a necessary way for them to survive and participate in normal social life. ?

3. The function of education to promote individual personality.

Man is the contradictory unity of sociality and individuality, and the process of human development is the process of unity of opposites between sociality and individuality. People have the same side and different sides. The same side shows people's sociality and reflects people's adaptation to society, which is the result of socialization; Different aspects show human personality, which is the uniqueness and difference formed by individuals in practical activities and the result of individual personalization.

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The uniqueness of life provides a potential basis for education to cultivate students' personality. As an important place to cultivate students, school education promotes the formation of people's subjective consciousness and the development of their subjective ability, the full development of individual differences, the formation of people's uniqueness, the development of people's creativity and the realization of individual values. The unity of human sociality and individuality determines the importance of education to balance the relationship between them on the basis of promoting their unity.