1. Educators are teachers and specialized personnel entrusted by society to exert specific influence on students' body and mind in educational institutions;
2. Educated people are students. Students generally refer to those who are receiving education in schools, schools or other places of study, and those who study in research institutions or work units also call themselves students. Before, there were mentors and apprentices who were similar in nature to students. According to different stages of learning, students can be divided into: kindergarten, primary school students, middle school students, college students, etc.
3. Educational influence belongs to the "material" factors among the three elements of education, including educational media, educational content, educational means, educational activities and methods, and educational environment.
The individual development function of education can be divided into two aspects: the individual socialization function and the individual individualization function of education. The fields of social activities mainly include economy, politics and culture, so the social development function of education can be divided into economic function, political function and cultural function of education.
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.