函授教育是一种以自学为主、面授为辅,运用各种教学手段、排除空间和时间的局限,进行大规模教学的一种教学形式。函授教学的主要环节包括:自学、面授辅导、答疑、作业、实验、实习、考试、课程设计、毕业设计(论文)及答辩等。函授教育的目的不仅在于让函授生学到知识,更重要的是通过教育培训和学员的自学锻炼,使他们的能力在教育与生产、经营相结合的实践中得以提高,培养 Correspondence education is a kind of teaching form which carries out large-scale teaching by self-learning, supplemented by face-teaching, using various teaching methods, excluding the limitation of space and time. Correspondence teaching of the main areas include: self-study, face-to-face counseling, answering questions, assignments, experiments, internships, examinations, curriculum design, graduate design (thesis) and defense. The purpose of correspondence education is not only to let the correspondence students learn knowledge, more importantly, through education and training and trainees’ self-training, their ability can be improved in the practice of combining education, production and management