What are the main differences between ancient education and modern education in China?

First of all: the purpose of education is different.

Ancient education was more of a tool to transport talents for rulers, which greatly restricted the exertion of individual subjective initiative and was not conducive to the development of great talents.

However, modern education focuses on shaping an individual's comprehensive knowledge system, not exporting talents for the ruling class, but for the benefit of the social collective, the whole country and the collective, rather than becoming the privilege of a few people.

Secondly, there are different stages of education.

As far as the education stage is concerned, we all know that there are three stages in ancient traditional education: family education-the key lies in parents, teaching people how to be human; Private school education-the key lies in teachers and teaching saints; Apprenticeship education-the key is to teach the master how to make a living.

And modern education, I think, only includes two stages: family education stage and school education stage.

China's ancient education mainly taught cultural things, and now it has also added natural science knowledge. In other words, traditional education in ancient times linked people's material and spiritual needs more, while modern education paid more attention to material conditions. In addition, there are institutional differences.

Then: the teaching content is different.

The content of ancient education and teaching is relatively single, and there are not many disciplines. Modern education is rich in teaching content and fine in subject classification.

The ancient education in China refers to the educational thoughts, educational institutions and educators in the history of China. From the broad sense of culture, the culture created by human beings, that is, experience, knowledge and skills, is passed down and spread through broad sense of education. Therefore, education is the main means to spread human culture.

Modern education is a brand-new form of education in human history. With the formation of modern society, it is also the product of the development of human society and education to a certain historical stage. It is the highest stage of education development so far, and it is also a very important stage of human education development.

Finally: the popularity is different.

In ancient times, only men were allowed to study. Under normal circumstances, women can't. In modern times, not every child, male or female, can study as long as they are at school age. In ancient times, almost everyone could afford books. After all, compulsory education means that every child has to study.