The educational purpose of the country is the general requirement of the country to train people, and it is the first level of educational purpose. At present, the purpose of education in China is mainly to train socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor. It stipulates the general direction of educational purpose, but there are no specific requirements for education and training.
The training objectives of schools at all levels are put forward under the guidance of educational objectives, according to the tasks undertaken by schools and majors at all levels, the age and cultural knowledge level of students. This is the second level of educational purpose. For example, the training goal of basic education is to lay a foundation for human growth and development. The training goal of higher education is to train all kinds of specialized talents. It can be seen that the training goal is the embodiment of the national education goal.
Curriculum goal mainly refers to the expected goal to be achieved after the implementation of a certain subject, which is the third level of educational purpose.
Teachers' teaching objectives are the requirements and expected changes that educators expect the educated to achieve when they complete a certain stage (such as a class, a unit or a semester) in the process of education and teaching. This is the fourth level of educational purpose. The teaching objectives of the new curriculum reform are divided into knowledge and skills, processes and methods, emotional attitudes and values.