On Functions Of University's Social Education

As an artificial thing, university is a product of the development of society in certain times. It serves for people's certain aim. University has been given special functions as soon as it came into being. With the requirement of the development of society and university itself, university constantly enhance and enrich its functions in society. In the age of knowledge-based economy and learning society, new demand has been made on university. As a new function, the function of university's social education was offered at this background. The author thinks that the function of university's social education is a high-level one that is implemented to those social members who have received secondary education. It includes carrying out high-level social education, shaping the community spirit, leading the trend of the times and keeping watch over social conscience. By detailed discussing on related concept, basic intension, feature, establishment basis, content and implementation of functions of university's social education, the author further explored functions of university's social education.The first part is discrimination of basic concept. Starting analysis with the related concept of functions of university's social education such as social education, function, function of university, the author makes a demarcations on the concept and basic intension of university's social education, and then gets the summary that functions of university's social education has the feature of Life, high-level, direction and diversity.The second part is the discussion on basis of fulfilling functions of university's social education. Starting analysis with historical angle, actual angle and its own angle, the author points out that the development of society, the opening of university itself and becoming social are the historical basis of the function of university's social education. The age of knowledge-based economy, learning society, new technological revolution, adjustment of industrial structure, people's needs for employment, keeping watch over social spirits and the huge change of people's social life style are the realistic basis of establishing functions of university's social education, university's own seeking reformation and the development of its ability are its own basis. Through the explanation of the above, the author thinks that the establishing of the function of university's social education accords with historical developing logic, meets the needs of building learning society and the development of the university itself.The third part is the summary of specific function of university's social education. The author points out that the functions of university's social education include carrying out high-level social education, shaping the community spirit, leading the trend of the times and watching social conscience.From external and internal conditions of accomplishing the functions of university's social education, the way to accomplishment and the insurance for accomplishment, the forth part further discuss the accomplishment of the functions of university's social education, the author points out that the accomplishment of the functions of university's social education must have its own inside and outside condition to go with, must accomplished by establishing open university education, taking the advantage of mass media, developing community education and it also needs the insurance of the aspect of belief, curriculum teaching mode and structure.The function of university's social education is a very important part of life-long educational system that goes with knowledge society and information times. It is the only way to constructing life-long educational system in China, also the need to all-round development of human being.