Population is the basic element of human society, and education is the basic activity to continue human beings. There is an internal connection between them.
(A) the restrictive effect of population on education
1. The number and growth of population are important factors that determine the scale and speed of education.
Although the expansion of education is related to many factors, the growth of population is the fundamental reason, and every new member is a lifelong learner. Among the existing population, the population under 23 accounts for more than 500 million. Judging from the literacy rate, there are 65.438+0.8 billion illiterate and semi-illiterate people over 654.38+0.5 years old, so it is necessary to provide conditions for adult continuing education. At the same time, the population growth is mainly in underdeveloped areas, and the population of China is increasing at a rate of 20 million per year.
If education funds increase with population growth, the scale of education will inevitably expand; If the educational funds cannot be increased, it will inevitably lead to two results: first, it will restrict the development of education and reduce the enrollment rate; First, maintain the enrollment rate and reduce the per capita funding. Both of these situations are not conducive to the development of education. Now many underdeveloped countries are facing such a difficult problem.
2. Population quality affects the quality of education.
Population quality refers to the physical quality, cultural accomplishment and moral level of the population.
The influence of population quality on education quality is manifested in two aspects: direct influence refers to the total influence of students' existing level (an important internal condition for individual development) on education quality; Indirect influence means that the quality of the older generation affects the quality of the new generation, thus affecting the education quality of schools aiming at the new generation. They influence the educated through the process of inheriting and raising teenagers, and also influence the goals, contents and methods of school education through their expectations and coordination. Secondly, the quality of the whole social population, especially the cultural structure of the population, as a big background, plays an indirect role in school education.
3. Population structure affects the development of education.
Natural structure of population: gender difference: female education is an urgent problem in the world.
Population Structure and Age Composition: Young or Aging
Social structure: occupational structure
4. The impact of population mobility on education In society, the population is in a state of mobility, and there are many kinds of mobility: between urban and rural areas, from poor areas to developed areas, and from underdeveloped countries to developed countries.
This kind of mobility affects the scale of education, the differences of education in different regions, the formulation of goals, the cultivation of talents, the choice of structure and the education of immigrants. (Principles of Golden Education P 106- 107)
(b) The role of education in population reproduction
1, control population.
The education level of all people in a country is inversely proportional to the birth rate. The reason is that the development of education stimulates the family's demand for education, and the increase of family's demand for education increases the cost of raising children, which can control the fertility rate; The improvement of education level can also change people's traditional views on fertility and family, such as "more children and more happiness" and "preference for sons over daughters". The improvement of education level has also increased the employment opportunities and needs of women of childbearing age, and reduced the time and energy for raising children.
2. Improve the quality of the population.
The role of education in improving the quality of the population is first manifested in the cultivation of the younger generation.
Secondly, it is also reflected in the education of adults.
3. Improve the population structure and adjust the composition and flow of talents.
Changing disorderly flow into orderly flow makes the population structure tend to be rationalized.
Besides, education is closely related to many social factors such as environment, geography, science and technology (including information technology). For example:
The influence of science and technology on education is first manifested in the promotion of education. Education is a very traditional undertaking. But science is active and revolutionary. The development of science puts forward new requirements and challenges to education, and impacts the customary field of education. Secondly, the development of science can also point out the direction for the development of education, predict the results and guide education along the scientific track.
Information technology has not only changed people's way of life, but also had a far-reaching impact on education: it has changed people's concepts of knowledge, learning and education; It provides a platform for the leap of education, realizes individualized teaching and active learning, further democratizes the relationship between teachers and students, and modernizes teaching methods.
Network education: on the one hand, it refers to the application of network technology in education, on the other hand, it refers to the construction of "network school" on the network, which integrates schools, teaching means, teaching content and teaching methods to provide learners with an unprecedented open learning environment. Its characteristics: ① autonomous learning; (2) The combination of personalized teaching and collaborative teaching; ③ the arbitrariness of teaching mode; ④ Interactive man-machine interface with pictures and texts. Therefore, online education is an "equal" open education, "interest choice" education, "cross-age education" and cross-time education.