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Scholars and philosophers have debated the purpose of education throughout history. Some have argued that education was necessary for an engaged citizenry; some felt its purpose was to promote obedience and indoctrinate youth to dominant cultural ideas; still others believed that the pursuit of knowledge was in itself a virtuous or even spiritual goal. Today, conversations around the purpose of education tend to center around child development and the economy—that is, how education can help children grow into healthy, competent adults who are able to support themselves financially and contribute to society. Some experts warn, however, that excessive focus on the economic and pragmatic benefits of education deprives the process of joy. Humans—especially children—are natural learners, they argue, and learning may be most valuable when it’s pursued for its own sake. 關于教育的目的，古今中外的學者一直都是有爭論的。以下有幾種關鍵比較主流：一，教育是成為現代公民的必須條件；二，教育就是要讓年輕人服從社會的規則，并接受和融入主流的社會價值觀；三，追求知識本身就是一種美德，一些人將學習視為精神追求。 如今，兒童發展和經濟效益是教育目的這一話題的熱點，也就是，教育該如何幫助兒童成長為健康、具有競爭力的成人，讓他們在成人之后經濟自足并能夠對社會做出貢獻。 然而，部分專家指出：這種過度關注經濟效益的教育行為，降低了孩子們在學習中的快樂感受，我們人類，特別是兒童，是天生的學習者，應當為自身發展而追求學習，這才是學習的價值所在。 文章來自：Education | Psychology Today 翻譯：韓樹老師 |
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