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The essence of education
The essence of education is various, including eternity, historicity, inheritance, class nature, long-term, relative independence, productivity and nationality.

unchanged

The eternity of education is determined by the function of education itself.

historical

In different societies or different historical stages of the same society, the nature, purpose and content of education are different. Education in different historical periods has different historical states and characteristics.

right of succession

The inheritance of education means that the education in different historical periods is successive, and the education in the latter historical period is the inheritance and development of the previous historical period.

Class characteristics

A certain education responds to a certain class requirement and serves him. It is embodied in educational policy, educational purpose, educational system, educational content and even educational methods.

chronic

The long-term nature of education means that it takes a long time to complete, whether from an educational activity or from the perspective of personal educational growth.

Relative independence

Education is restricted by political and economic factors in a certain society, but as a social activity to cultivate people, education has its own laws and is relatively independent. In addition, the relative independence of education is also manifested in the fact that a specific educational form is not necessarily consistent with its social form at that time, but there is a phenomenon that education is "ahead" or "behind".

Fertility

The productive nature of education means that education is always a productive activity. Compared with other production activities, it has its own particularity in object, process and result.

nationality

The nationality of education means that education is carried out in a specific nation and country, and it has its own national characteristics in ideology, system, content and means of issuing laws, especially in the use of national languages to teach and impart national cultural knowledge.