The theory of life education is the basic ideological theory put forward by Tao Xingzhi in reforming China's education, and it is an epoch-making new banner he set for China's education. 1early may, 946. In The Birth and Growth of Life Education, Tao Xingzhi elaborated the birth and growth process of life education.

"The first discovery of life education was a speech at Nanjing Normal University in seven years of the Republic of China. Education in China is too heavy on books, and there is no connection between life and education. Education without life is useless. We need life education, life education, life education, life education, life needs education. Education and life are inseparable. We should improve our backward life with a forward life and improve our unreasonable life with a reasonable life.

This speech explained the following questions to us. 1. Life education 19 18 is put forward in view of the fact that China's education is too heavy and books have no connection with life, that is, life education theory is put forward on the basis of criticizing China's traditional education.

Second, life education means that life and education are closely related and inseparable. Life needs education, education is the purpose and means, but education has a profound reaction to life. We should improve backward life through education, improve unreasonable life with reasonable life, and overcome disorderly life with planned life.

What is life education? Tao Xingzhi elaborated on different occasions from different angles and levels.

Life is education is the core of life education theory. Life education is the original, independent and necessary education of life. The fundamental meaning of education is the change of life, which means that life always contains the meaning of education. Therefore, we can say that life is education. Life is everywhere, that is, education is everywhere. The whole society is the field of life, that is, the place of education, so we can also say that society is the school.

The above shows that life education is centered on life, life determines education, and education obeys life. Moreover, this kind of life mainly refers to social life, that is, society is the school and society is the main educational place. People mainly receive social education in social life, and schools are part of society, so they must be connected with society and never isolated from it.