What-is-education

Whatiseducation？Educationisthewholeprocessoftrainingthenewgenerationwhoisreadytoengagesociallife,andalsoakeylinkintheprocessofhumansocialproductionexperiencetocarryon,mainlyreferstotheprocessofschooltrainingtoschool-agechildren,theyoungandtheyouth.Inabroadsense,allactivitieswhichcanenhancehuman’sknowledgeandskillsandinfluencepeople’smoralcharacter,areeducation.Inanarrowsense,itmainlymeansschooling,whichisdefinedaseducators’activityofexertinginfluenceoneducatees’mindandbodypurposefully,designedlyandsystematicallyaccordingtoacertainsocietyorclass’requirementstocultivatethemtobepersonsitneeds.Educationhasanumberoftypes,suchasformaleducation,adulteducation,technicaleducation,specialeducationandlifelongeducation.Thefunctionsofeducationconcernstheproblem“Whatdoeseducationdo?”Thefunctionsofeducationcanbegenerallydividedintotwokinds:individualdevelopmentfunctionandsocialdevelopmentfunction.Thustheformeronecanbedividedintoeducation’sindividualsocializedfunctionandindividualpersonalizedfunction.Whilethelatercanbedividedintoeducation’seconomicfunction,politicalfunctionandculturalfunctionsincesocialactivitiesmainlyinvolveeconomy,politics,cultureandthelike.