Different national cultures have different values, so their educational purposes are different. For example, in the feudal society of China, Confucian culture with ethics as its value orientation was dominant, which was reflected in emphasizing the educational purpose of "understanding human relations" and attaching great importance to moral education in talent training; The west is knowledge-oriented and cultivates knowledge-based talents.

(B) Culture affects the choice of educational content

Different cultural development determines the scope of educational content. For example, China took literature and history as its main educational content in ancient times, and scientific knowledge as its main content in modern times.

(C) the use of cultural influence education and teaching methods

For example, China culture has always emphasized respecting teachers and stressing that students are "ascetic" learning, which embodies the culture-oriented learning and teaching methods.

Culture itself is also an educational force.

Second, the role of education in promoting cultural development.

(a) Education has the function of screening, classifying, transmitting and preserving culture (vertically)

Education inherits culture by cultivating people, serves a specific society and realizes the socialization of individuals. Therefore, the choice of educational content will also take into account the role of education in social culture, such as traditional cultural relics, masterpieces, material heritage and so on.

(b) Education has the function of spreading and exchanging culture (horizontal)

By spreading culture, education enables cultures of different countries and nationalities to communicate and blend with each other, and promotes the optimization and development of culture. For example, international students spread the cultures of different countries to each other.

(3) Education has the function of selecting and promoting culture.

Cultural choice is the absorption and abandonment of a certain culture. The choice of culture by education means the choice of value and the change of cognitive intention, which is for the development and progress of culture itself. For example, we often say that we should "take the essence and discard the dross" for both China traditional culture and foreign culture.

Education has the function of renewing and creating culture.

The most fundamental embodiment of the function of education to activate culture is cultural innovation. For example, the emergence and development of festivals reflect new cultural innovations of different ethnic groups.