The purpose of education refers to the general requirements of education for the quality and specifications of the people to be trained, that is, to solve the problem of what kind of people to train. According to the provisions of the Education Law, the purpose of education in China at this stage is to "cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability, and cultivate builders and successors of the socialist cause with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty".

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The purpose of education is different from the training objectives and professional training specifications. The purpose of education is the general requirement of all levels and types of education for personnel training standards, while the training objectives and professional training specifications are the specific requirements of a certain level and category of education or a certain major. The formulation of training objectives and professional training specifications should not violate the educational purpose, but it is not equal to the educational purpose.

At the same time, the purpose of education also affects and restricts the curriculum objectives and teaching objectives. In a word, the relationship between education goal and training goal, curriculum goal and teaching goal is general and special, universal and individual, total and sub-goal, and the order is: education goal-training goal-curriculum goal-teaching goal.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Educational Purpose