The Thinking Of Aim Of Education About "What It Should Be" And "What It Is" In The New Curriculum Reform

To develop what kind of person and how to cultivate people always have the deviation ofideal and reality in education practices. The change of education purpose between “ought tobe” and “to be” contains the convert of educational purpose from “ought” to “reality”, that isto say, from the ideal of the education purpose to actual process; the change also contains thereturn from “to be” to “ought to be”, namely the reality education is adjusted to a new “oughtto be”.Education is a historical category, and the awareness of the aims of education isconstantly adjusted by people with the development of the historical and social evolution.Only returning “ought to be”，can it remain authenticity of the education.“Ought to be”reflection in any stages, finally reflects the people-oriented philosophy of education, which isa new direction in basic education curriculum.