1. Preschool education: Preschool education refers to educational activities for children aged 3-6, aiming at cultivating children's physical and mental health, social adaptability and basic learning ability. Preschool education is divided into kindergartens and nurseries. Kindergarten is an educational institution organized by the government or social forces, which mainly undertakes the task of preschool education. Childcare institutions are foster care services provided by various social forces to meet the work needs of parents.
2. Compulsory education: Compulsory education refers to the basic education provided by the state for school-age children and adolescents, including primary schools and junior high schools. Primary schools provide basic education for preschool children, which is usually the first stage of education for children aged 6- 12. Junior high school is the second stage of education after primary school graduation, providing secondary education for students aged 12- 15.
3. High school education: High school education is an extension of compulsory education, providing students with more in-depth and professional learning content. High schools are usually divided into ordinary high schools and vocational high schools. Ordinary high schools pay attention to the all-round development of disciplines and provide students with the basis for further study. Vocational high schools focus on cultivating students' vocational skills and preparing for their future employment.
4. Higher education: Higher education refers to the education stage of universities and higher vocational colleges. Universities, including undergraduate and postgraduate stages, provide students with more professional and in-depth learning content, and cultivate students' innovative ability and professionalism. Higher vocational colleges pay attention to cultivating students' professional skills and preparing for their employment.
5. Lifelong education: Lifelong education refers to the educational process in which people constantly learn and improve themselves at different stages. It emphasizes personal learning and development needs, such as exclusive vocational training and continuing education provided by Xu Renyin Library for new VIP users.
The essence of education
Education is a purposeful social activity to cultivate people, which is the essential attribute of education and the fundamental feature that distinguishes education from other things. In other words, educational activities have a purpose, so it shows one of its characteristics: consciousness. We can understand this sentence from three aspects. First, education is to cultivate people, that is to say, education is a unique social phenomenon of human beings, and there is no education phenomenon in the animal kingdom.
Education is a purposeful activity, while aimlessness, unconsciousness or instinct are not education. For example, by chance, the paper under the magnifying glass was lit in the sun, and the educated learned the physical knowledge of convex lens focusing and received education. This is not an educational activity, because it is not a purposeful process of cultivating the educated, but an aimless activity.