Other functions:
1. The most basic function of education is to influence the change of social talent system and economic development. Modern society emphasizes that the economic function of education mainly includes: providing a good background for the sustained and stable development of the economy; Improve the potential labor ability of the educated; Form ideas, attitudes and behaviors that adapt to modern economic life.
2. The social function of education is to cultivate talents for the development of the country and serve the political and economic development of the country.
The most far-reaching function of education is to influence the development of culture. Education should not only convey culture, but also meet the requirements of the continuation and renewal of culture itself.
Positive and negative direction
Natural division
This is divided from the nature of educational function, which is also called positive function and negative function. Positive function refers to the positive and good effects produced by educational function, while negative function refers to the negative and bad consequences produced by educational function.
This pair of concepts was first put forward by American sociologist Merton. In the 1950s. Merton divided social function according to its nature and form, and got the concept of positive and negative function. At the same time, he also got another pair of important concepts, namely explicit-implicit function. Chaiye Changshan, a Japanese educational sociologist, introduced these two concepts into the field of education and conceived a theoretical analysis framework about the educational function of schools.