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On the role of education in human development
1, put forward the goal of personality development and clarify the direction of individual personalization. Many schools have included "cultivating students' self-awareness and self-development ability, enriching and perfecting students' personality" in their own school goals, which is the concrete embodiment of individual personalized development requirements in school education. Individualized requirements of educational goals undoubtedly have a strong traction on the individualized development of individuals.

2. Fully tap personal potential and create conditions for individual personalization. The full development of individual potential is an important symbol and fundamental embodiment of individual personalization. Through scientific methods and means such as teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, and paying attention to individual differences, we will provide each student with a broad space to fully display their potential, fully tap their potential, and continuously develop and improve their personality.

3. Improve the basic quality of individuals and lay the foundation for individual individualization. The development of individual personality is carried out in the individual's active activities, and the effect of the activities depends on the individual's knowledge reserve and basic quality levels such as cognition, emotion and attitude. An individual with good basic qualities can give full play to his subjective initiative in activities, play an active role in the social environment, and form his own good personality while socializing.

4. Create an overall cultural environment to provide protection for individual personality. Individualized development is the inherent requirement of individual development, but it can only be fully guaranteed in a good environment, especially in the overall cultural environment of school education.

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In contemporary society, the population problem is increasingly prominent, and the "population explosion" has become an urgent problem that puzzles the sustainable development of human society. Although the natural population growth rate of developed countries and regions has declined in recent years, the population of most developing countries and regions is still rising. The population function of education is mainly reflected in the following aspects.

1. Education helps to control population growth. There are many ways to control population growth, among which education plays a unique and long-term role. First, the development of education is related to the improvement of the quality of the labor force, which can stimulate the educational needs of families to a certain extent, thus increasing the cost of raising children. Second, the improvement of education level can change people's traditional concept of fertility and improve people's understanding of the relationship between population growth and national development.

Third, the improvement of women's education level can enhance their employability and opportunities, and professional women generally face the dilemma of childbirth and career. Fourth, the improvement of education has objectively delayed people's first marriage age and childbearing time, thus widening the intergenerational age gap.

2. Education helps to improve the quality of the population. The basic function of education is to promote human development and realize the all-round progress of human society. The function of education to improve the quality of population is first manifested in the cultivation of young children. Improve children's scientific and cultural level through education, make them grow into a new generation with harmonious development of morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, and enhance their ability to create and enjoy a better life.

Secondly, in adult education, through certain education, adults can master new knowledge and skills, improve their understanding of prenatal and postnatal care, master the relevant knowledge and ability of prenatal and postnatal care, create a better living environment and improve better growth conditions for future generations.

3. Education helps to improve the population structure. Population structure includes natural structure and social structure of population. The natural structure refers to the age and gender of the population, and the social structure refers to the class, culture, occupation, region and nationality of the population. Education will have some positive effects on the natural and social structure of the population.