There are three representative views on the emergence of educational activities in the history of pedagogy, including the biological origin of education, the psychological origin of education and the origin of labor.

(A) the biological origin of educational theory

French sociologist Little Noel put forward the theory of biological origin. He believes that education exists not only in human society, but also in the animal kingdom. Education comes from the instinct of animals, and animals, especially higher animals, are born.

Have a potential educational ability derived from heredity, so that future generations can continue to reproduce. The most obvious mistake of biological origin theory is to equate animal instinct with education and deny the sociality of education.

(B) the psychological origin of educational theory

American psychologist Lu Meng believes that education originated from children's unconscious imitation of adults, so he put forward the "psychological origin theory" of education from the perspective of psychology. In primitive society, children watched adults gather, hunt,

Weaving and other activities, constantly imitate adult labor, accumulate life experience, so as to obtain various survival skills. The theory of psychological origin regards education as a simple imitation and fails to recognize the purpose of education.

(C) the origin of labor theory

Marxist historical materialism criticizes the view that biological origin theory and psychological origin theory deny the sociality of education, and holds that education originated from the productive labor practice of human society. The fundamental difference between humans and animals is that humans can control themselves.

Building and using tools. In order to continue the production and life of the race, the older generation purposefully passed on production skills, skills and experience to the next generation, and education was born in this kind of experience transmission. People who live in society will

In order to act in the common code of conduct, in the long-term labor process, language has emerged to express meaning and emotion, the human brain and limbs have been further developed, and the activity ability and coordination have been continuously enhanced. Therefore, labor promotes

Human development also provides a prerequisite for the emergence of education. It can be said that without labor, there would be no development of human society and no education. Education originates from labor and depends on social production and life practice.