Labor education refers to a form of education that cultivates students' labor habits, skills and awareness by organizing students to participate in various labor activities such as actual production, life and social practice. Labor education is not only a means of educating people, but also an important part of spiritual civilization construction and an indispensable part of higher education, which is of great significance.

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First, enhance students' practical ability. Labor is the most basic activity of human beings. By taking part in labor, students can improve their practical operation ability and master the application of skills and knowledge in practice, thus promoting their all-round development and growth.

Second, cultivate students' team spirit. Students who participate in labor education need to cooperate with others in practice to accomplish their tasks together. This can not only cultivate students' cooperative consciousness, but also exercise their communication and cooperation ability. While striving to achieve common goals, it can also make students feel the collective strength and sense of honor, and promote the cultivation of students' team spirit.

Third, improve students' self-awareness. Labor education can make students feel that they can create value through their own labor and enhance their understanding and affirmation of self-worth. At the same time, through comparison, reflection and summary with others, students' self-awareness and self-improvement can also be promoted.

Fourth, carry forward the spirit of labor. Labor education can make students deeply understand the importance of labor and better understand the development and progress of human society. In practice, it can cultivate students' fighting spirit and the ideological spirit of seeking truth from facts, unity and cooperation, pioneering and innovative, thus promoting the process of building a harmonious society.

Therefore, strengthening labor education in colleges and universities in the new period can not only cultivate students' practical ability, but also improve students' self-awareness and values, enhance students' teamwork spirit and carry forward the labor spirit of the Chinese nation, which is an indispensable and important content of higher education.