"University" pointed out: "The way of education lies in self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world." Education is accompanied by people from birth, whether it is parents' words and deeds, subtle influence or teachers' persuasion and indoctrination, it will leave an indelible mark on a person. Use thoughts, actions or words to influence people's life, make them form correct consciousness and values, realize themselves, serve the society, and even promote social progress.
First, self-cultivation: "people" is the fundamental purpose of education.
The starting point of education is to promote people's "self-generation" or "self-creation", which is not a simple cultural transmission, but to awaken a person's personality and soul. In other words, the ultimate goal of education is people's self-realization, which can guide people to discover their own development interests, induce their creativity and enable them to complete their mission. For example, Meng Mu's three moves made Mencius soak in a good learning environment and become a thinker. Educator Whitehead said: "Human nature is different, and there are great differences. Some people can have a bird's eye view or even integrate the whole course. Another person may find some irrelevant examples. " Everyone is unique and has different interests, talents and natures. Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude can lead them to achieve transcendence in different aspects, from politeness to awakening the soul. It needs the education of teachers, books, social experience and so on, so that different people can give full play to their specialties and achieve themselves.
Second, family planning: life is the only theme of education.
Dewey said, "Education is life." People are social animals and need to be integrated into complex social life. Without the guidance of education, it is impossible for people to interact harmoniously with social nature. As an ordinary individual, people need to face a complex social system, understand and become a part of the social rotation system. Education plays an important role in this process. For example, in universities, teaching students professional knowledge and related skills and handling interpersonal relationships in micro-society will help students to integrate into society in the future, find their place in society, mature in dealing with various complicated interpersonal and social relationships, contribute their unique values and serve the society.
Three. Governing the country and leveling the world: the lofty mission of education
Education serves the society, and personal value is of practical significance only if it is beneficial to others. There are no pure individuals in society, and individuals can only get what they want by participating in society. Therefore, it is a long-term and continuous topic that education serves the society and promotes progress. When individuals achieve self-cultivation and family harmony through education, the mission of "ruling the country and calming the world" will inevitably come naturally, and individuals will also achieve their own transcendence to a certain extent. The cultivated ability and accomplishment should try their best to push the social wheel forward, which is consistent with the highest level of "self-realization" of individual needs. Only by contributing their abilities on the road of promoting social development and realizing social progress can we understand the true meaning of human life. Education, whether it is ideological education or model education, calls for everyone to participate in it, which promotes the process of social progress and human civilization.
Therefore, the purpose of education is a gradual and hierarchical process. In The Beginning of Life, it awakens people's life consciousness and value, knows and realizes themselves, and promotes individuals to become members of the social collective, so as to better realize themselves, serve the society, promote social progress, and finally realize the lofty mission of being a human being.