Teaching Purpose Concept

Teaching purpose is a planed, organized, practical action. It is always has some intentions, wishes or expectations .The teaching purpose is the intention, wish or expectation of teaching and learning action's resultDifferent person has different viewpoints about the teaching purpose. So, Ihere were many kinds of viewpoints . This article tried to analyze some representative viewpoints in the history of our country and foreign countries. And then, required into our current, ideal teaching purpose.The writer considered teaching purpose would be for person, mainlyfor person------the educated .On the base of this point, also for society, foreconomy. But it was not for pure society or economy. The ideal teaching purpose is for training the students' physical power, intelligence and mental power. Just to say, it is for the Ss' whole developmentChapter I Summarize our country's viewpoints of teaching purposeThe writer analyzed the main viewpoints of teaching purpose in our country, from ancient times to the present It showed that the teaching purpose stressed the society at the expense of individual development, and neglected training and developing the students' individuality and creativeness.Chapter II Summarize foreign countries' viewpoints of teaching purposeThe writer analyzed the main viewpoints' characteristic in foreign countries. Humanism Viewpoint stressed training the abstract human nature at the expense of material life. Pragmatism emphasized practical and neglected the human's cultural life. Nationalism's stressed the individual obeying to the country at the expense of individuality. Science-humanism'smixed the humanism's and the pragmatism's together. It was the human'sideal trends.Chapter III Further inquire into the viewpoints of teaching purpose The writer analyzed the current practical purpose in detail. On the baseof this, the writer put forward the ideal aims: for the students' wholedevelopment The writer elaborated in three aspects: for the Ss' moreknowledge, more intelligent, mental and physical efforts.