1, boot function.
Once the educational purpose is established, it becomes a guide for people's actions, which not only points out the development direction and predetermined development results for the educated, but also points out the work direction and goal for the educators.
The formulation of educational policy, the establishment of educational system, the choice of educational content, the choice of educational methods and means, and the evaluation of educational effect are all based on educational objectives. The purpose of education has a goal-oriented function for both educators and educatees.
The purpose of education can indicate the future direction of education, and it also contains specific paths to solve practical educational problems. The concrete manifestations are as follows: first, it plays a directional role in the teaching direction of teachers, and teachers know the key points of their own teaching; Second, it plays a directional role in curriculum selection and construction.
2. Standardize functions.
The purpose of education standardizes the goal of personnel training and the educational direction of the school; Standardize the curriculum and teaching content; Standardize teachers' teaching behavior; Standardization of school management.
3. Select the function.
The function of educational purpose choice is embodied in the choice of educational activities and educational contents. Schools and teachers in any country will decide which research results and social culture can be selected into educational content and which should be criticized and resisted according to the basic requirements of educational purposes.
4. Incentive function.
The clearer and more specific the purpose of human educational activities, the greater the possibility of realization and the more people's enthusiasm can be mobilized. On the contrary, the more ambitious, abstract, distant and perfect the purpose, the greater the difficulty, the smaller the possibility and the worse the incentive effect.
5. Evaluation function.
The purpose of education is not only the quality specification and standard of a country's talent training, but also an important basis for measuring the quality and benefit of education. The evaluation function of educational purpose can be embodied in modern educational evaluation or educational supervision behavior.