In the history of world education, there are different views on the purpose of education. According to the different value orientations chosen and established for educational purposes, educational values can be divided into two categories: individual-oriented theory and social-oriented theory. Individual-oriented theory is an ideological proposition that values people above social values and regards people as the fundamental purpose of education. Its characteristics are: attaching importance to people's value, personality development and their needs, and taking people's personality development and the satisfaction of their needs as the value of education; It is believed that the fundamental purpose of education lies in the natural development of human nature and instinct and the satisfaction of their needs. It is advocated to establish the educational purpose according to the "natural need" of human nature development and self-improvement, and to stipulate the educational purpose according to the needs of human nature and development. Representative figures include Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Kant, Maslow, Sartre and so on. Social standard theory is an ideological proposition that regards meeting social needs as the fundamental value of education. It holds that society is the foundation of human survival and development, and education is a social activity to cultivate people. The effect of education and training can only be measured by its social function. Without social needs, education cannot meet social needs. Representative figures are: Natop, Stayner, Comte and Durkheim.