1, early childhood education

Preschool education mainly refers to the education of children aged 3 ~ 6. Pre-school education is the second half of pre-school education or early education, which is connected with the previous O ~ 3-year-old infant education and the subsequent primary education. This is an important and special stage of one's education and development.

2. Formal education

Society, groups or individuals provide courses to educate people, usually young people. Formal education is relatively systematic and complete. The formal education system teaches ideal or valuable knowledge, but it is sometimes abused.

3. Adult education

Lifelong education or adult education has become very popular in many countries. Education is also considered as a child's business, and adult education is often branded as' adult learning' or' lifelong learning'. The significance of adult education is a systematic and continuous learning activity carried out by people who assume the role of adult society, aiming at promoting the change of knowledge, attitude, values and skills.

4. Higher self-study education

For the working population, because the job requires academic qualifications, there is no time for full-time study; Self-taught during work and passed the national unified examination.

5. Open education

Take students and learning as the center, remove and break through the restrictions and obstacles to learners, and there are not too many restrictions on students' age, occupation and region. Students have certain autonomy in course selection and media use, and can also decide their learning methods, learning progress, time and place according to their own needs. Face-to-face teaching, various media teaching materials and modern information technology are adopted in the teaching.

6. Distance education

The way of teaching through the internet, etc.

Extended data:

The main functions of education are:

(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.

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