The purpose of education has two meanings. In a broad sense, the purpose of education refers to the expectation or ideal design of the subject to the educated, that is, what changes people hope the educated will have in body and mind through education, or what results they will have. In a narrow sense, the purpose of education refers to the basic requirements of the state for what kind of talents to be trained in education, and stipulates the basic specifications and quality requirements of the people to be trained in education. People's educational activities are not unconscious and blind, but conscious and purposeful.
The purpose of education not only marks the requirements of a certain society for education and training people, but also marks the direction and goal of educational activities, which is the starting point and destination of educational activities. There are three levels of educational purpose: the educational purpose of the country; Training objectives of schools of all levels and types; (The relationship between educational goal and training goal is both universal and special), the teaching goal of teachers. The relationship among teaching objectives, education objectives and training objectives is concrete and abstract.
The role of educational purpose: educational purpose has a guiding role in educational work; The purpose of education has an incentive effect on the implementation of educational policies; The purpose of education is an important criterion to evaluate the effect of education. The functions of educational purpose include guiding function, regulating function and evaluating function. The functions of educational purpose include guiding function, coordinating function, encouraging function and evaluating function.
Definition of pedagogy
Pedagogy is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities and belongs to pedagogy. The basic study period is four years, and the bachelor's degree in education is awarded. This major cultivates compound talents with good ideological and moral quality, high educational theory accomplishment and strong practical ability in education, who can engage in teaching, scientific research and management in primary and secondary schools, educational research institutions and educational administrative departments at all levels.
The education and teaching of pedagogy major should adhere to the guidance of Marxism, the basic principle of national political, economic and cultural construction and development needs, the reference framework of China's higher education orientation and characteristics, and the guidance of industry standards and social needs, so as to cultivate students with firm and correct political orientation, noble moral quality, good scientific and humanistic literacy and international vision, and systematically master the basic knowledge, basic theories, basic skills and methods necessary for educational science and this major.