(一)近几年来,蓬勃兴起的农村市场经济使湖南省桃江县的农民教育出现了新形势。一、随着市场经济的发展,广大农民对农村教育的要求有了新的变化。时下农民的学习追求,一是不满足于学些普通的文化知识,而追求“一技之长”、“一专多能”;二是不满足于传统产品和技术的继承,而追求新技术新项目;三是不满足于学习自给自足的种养技术,而追求走工商综合经营 (I) In recent years, the booming rural market economy has brought about a new situation in peasant education in Taojiang County, Hunan Province. First, with the development of market economy, the vast number of peasants have made new changes to the requirements of rural education. Nowadays, the peasants’ pursuit of learning is not satisfied with learning common cultural knowledge, but pursuing “long skills” and “multiple skills with one specialty”. Second, they are not satisfied with the inheritance of traditional products and technologies and pursue new projects and new technologies. Third, not satisfied with the study of self-sufficient planting and breeding techniques, and the pursuit of comprehensive business management