1. View of educational purpose: The general requirements for the educated stipulate what kind of person the educated will be trained into, which is the quality standard for cultivating people.

Second, the significance and role of educational purposes

1. Meaning: the core of educational work, the starting point and destination of educational activities, the theme and soul, and the highest ideal.

2. Role: Guidance, encouragement and evaluation

Third, the hierarchical structure of educational purpose.

The educational goal of the country, the training goal of the school and the teaching goal of the teacher.

Fourth, establish the foundation of educational purpose.

1. Specific social, political, economic and cultural background; 2. The law of people's physical and mental development (educated); 3. People's educational ideal; 4. Marx's theory of all-round development of human beings is the theoretical basis for establishing the purpose of education in China.

Fifth, the theory of educational purpose.

1. individualism. Viewpoint: Education should start from individual nature, tap human potential and pay attention to individual value. Main representatives: Mencius, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Froebel, Maslow, etc.

2. Social standard theory. Viewpoint: Education should proceed from the needs of social development and pay attention to the social value of education. Main representatives: Xunzi, Plato, Herbart, Kerschensteiner, etc.

3. Life-oriented theory. Viewpoint: Education is to prepare for a perfect life in the future. Representative: Spencer. 4. Education has no purpose. Representative: Dewey.