1. Establishment basis: According to the individual-oriented theory, the basis for establishing the purpose of education is human nature, and the purpose of education is to cultivate sound people, develop human nature, tap human potential, and enhance the personal value of the educated. Personal value is higher than social value, rather than serving a certain society or class.

2. Representatives: The representatives of the individual-oriented theory include Mencius, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Froebel, Maritain, hutchins, Naylor, Maslow, Sartre, etc.

3. Represent the people's thoughts

Rousseau believes that life is beautiful, but when it involves people, it becomes worse. Therefore, children's education should stay away from corrupt upper-class life and evil cities, and advocate bringing children to the simple environment of rural nature to protect them from the bad influence of society and protect their kind nature in education.

Pestalozzi believes that the purpose of education is to develop all human natural forces and talents in an all-round and harmonious way, so that people's abilities can progress naturally and develop in a balanced way.

Eternal hutchins said: "The function of a citizen or a nation ... may be different in different societies ... but the function as a person is the same in every era and every society. The purpose of the education system is to improve the person as a person."