The purpose of education is determined according to the requirements of political, economic, production, cultural and scientific development of a certain society and the physical and mental development of the educated. It reflects the requirements of a certain society for the educated, is the starting point and ultimate goal of educational work, and is also the basis for determining educational content, selecting educational methods, and checking and evaluating educational effects.
The aims of education and teaching are universal and special. The purpose of education is the general requirement of what kind of talents the country trains, which reflects the general demand of social members for education. Teaching purpose is the requirement of realizing educational purpose in teaching field, which reflects the needs of teaching subjects. The purpose of education guides the purpose of teaching, and the purpose of teaching must obey the purpose of education.
Extended data
The function of educational purpose:
1, directional action
The purpose of education stipulates the fundamental direction of school education and student development, the fundamental guiding ideology of running a school, the general direction of student development, the starting point and destination of school education, and restricts the whole process. Schools can only run schools according to educational purposes, otherwise they will deviate from the correct direction of running schools.
2, the regulatory role
The purpose of education stipulates the basic quality specifications of school education and personnel training, and plays a role in selecting, coordinating, adjusting and controlling the contents and activities of school education.
3. Evaluation function
There are many standards to measure the quality of running a school and the quality of students' development, but the fundamental standard is the purpose of education. Generally speaking, the quality of school education that follows and realizes the school education goals is high. On the other hand, if it deviates from the educational purpose, its educational quality can not be high.