1. education in a broad sense: all activities that enhance people's knowledge and skills and influence people's thoughts have educational functions. Including social education, family education and school education.
2. Education in a narrow sense: refers to school education, which is an activity that educators exert influence on the body and mind of the educated through school education in a purposeful, planned and organized way according to certain social requirements, and urge them to change in the expected direction.
3. Educator: Anyone who affects the physical and mental development of the educated in terms of knowledge, skills, ideology and morality can be called an educator. Educators include parents, teachers and others who exert influence on individuals.
Introduction to pedagogy:
1. Pedagogy mainly studies the basic theories and knowledge of pedagogy and psychology, including educational phenomena, educational problems, educational laws, educational methods and students' psychological state. , cultivate good humanistic quality and teachers' professional quality, and carry out education, teaching, educational research and educational management. For example: the research and development of efficient teaching methods, the study of students' psychological state at different ages, etc.
2. Pedagogy majors cultivate compound talents with good ideological and moral quality, high educational theory accomplishment and strong practical work ability, who can engage in teaching, scientific research and management in secondary normal schools, primary and secondary schools, educational research institutions and educational administrative departments at all levels.