China's educational aims are characterized by generality and abstraction, idealism and finality, sociality and history.

1, generality and abstraction: the purpose of education is often abstract and general, not concrete and special. Because it is specific and special, it is more appropriate to call it "the goal of curriculum or teaching". The abstract and generalized educational purpose is embodied through "training goal" and "curriculum and teaching goal".

2. Ideality and finality: the expression of educational purpose always permeates people's yearning and pursuit for a better life, reflects people's views and understanding of ideal life and ideal society, and has a strong nature of surpassing real life.

3. Sociality and historicity: In different countries and different social and cultural backgrounds, the purpose of education is different. China's educational tradition pays attention to the coordination between individuals and society, emphasizing the collective value and applying what they have learned, while the western educational tradition pays attention to the freedom and independence of individuality, and emphasizes that individuals and knowledge are for the value and dignity of knowledge.

Extended data

The purpose of education evolves with the development of society.

In primitive society, due to the low level of productivity, education has not yet become a specialized and independent social activity, and the purpose of education lies in the purpose of productive labor and life activities themselves. It shows that the clans in primitive society seek to consolidate and continue the group, so that children can learn the experience and social customs necessary for adult production and life.

In slave society, education began to be independent from social life. Education at that time served the rule of the slave-owning class. There were schools of thought in the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties in ancient China.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Educational Purpose