According to the theory that man originated from labor and labor created man, he clearly pointed out that education also originated from labor and education came from the actual needs of human society, which is an objective necessity. At the same time, he pointed out that education exists in all historical periods of human social development and is an eternal category.

2. The purpose and task of communist education.

It is emphasized that Soviet schools should educate the communist outlook on life and cultivate active builders and brave defenders of the all-round development of Soviet countries.

3. About teaching theory

It is affirmed that the process of students mastering knowledge has something in common with the process of human understanding the world in its historical development, and the teaching process should be carried out under the guidance of scientific epistemology. Emphasize that class is the basic organizational form of teaching; Fully affirm the leading role of teachers in education and teaching, and emphasize that textbooks are one of the main sources for students to acquire knowledge.

Ideological origin

Kailov's theoretical system of pedagogy began to take shape in the late 1930s. On the ideological origin of pedagogy, the author once pointed out in the book that it includes the following three parts:

"(1) as the basis of general scientific methodology, Marxism–Leninism's philosophy, Marx, Engels and Stalin's theories on culture and education;

(2) the historical heritage of pedagogy after critical reform, the historical experience of the work and development of schools and other educational institutions, especially the contribution of progressive pedagogy in the Soviet Union to science;

(3) Experience of modern work and family education in Soviet schools and other educational institutions.