Compared with institutionalized education, non-institutionalized education aims at the disadvantages of institutionalized education, but it is not a total denial of institutionalized education.

The ideal of non-institutionalized education is: "education should no longer be confined to the walls of schools." Everyone should be able to choose their own path freely within a flexible range. Compared with institutionalized education, non-institutionalized education has not only changed the educational form, but also changed the educational concept.

The main function of education

(1) The primary function of education is to promote individual development, including individual socialization and individualization.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.