First, "education is life" and "life is education"

1, Dewey put forward "education is life", thinking that education is not a preparation for future life, and education itself is the process of life. Tao Xingzhi developed Dewey's thoughts on education and life, and put forward that "life is education". Tao Xingzhi believes that life contains the meaning of education; Real life is the center of education; Life determines education and education changes life.

2. The fundamental difference between the two lies in: first, whether there is a spirit of hard work to solve people's life and education difficulties. Dewey's "education is life" is to bring social life into school, and only arrange children to do some activities such as spinning, weaving, cooking, carpentry and sewing, but it does not enhance their ability to overcome difficult life. Tao Xingzhi pays attention to the practical skills of people's lives.

The second is whether we can cultivate real social life ability. Tao Xingzhi believes that Dewey's "education is life" is a kind of "birdcage" life, that is, some life in society is brought in, education belongs to education, life belongs to life, and education is still out of touch with life. Only when the whole society is regarded as a place for education, and "life is education" is implemented, so that education and life can be integrated, can real life ability be cultivated.

The third is whether it can develop in an all-round way. Dewey's "education is life" is only one-sided and fragmentary common sense of life, while Tao Xingzhi's "life is education" is the comprehensive cultivation of life ability. To sum up, Tao Xingzhi's thought advocates taking life as the center, while Dewey believes that life is only an educational process.

Second, "school is society" and "society is school"

1, Dewey's "School is Society" thinks that schools should become a primary society, simplify social life into a primary state, and present children's current social life. However, Tao Xingzhi's "society is school" emphasizes tearing down the school wall and integrating school education with social education.

2. Tao Xingzhi thinks that Dewey's "school is society" is to build a forest in a birdcage, so the trained talents can't meet the needs of society at all. And "society is school" extends education to social universe and nature, and the whole society is the scope of education.

3. To sum up, Tao Xingzhi's thought attaches importance to education and ignores systematic education, while Dewey emphasizes that the two should be compatible.

Third, the integration of learning by doing and learning by doing.

1, Dewey's "learning by doing" is actually learning from activities and learning from experience. Advocate to change the "listening" mode of students in traditional teaching and guide students to learn from their own activities.

2. Tao Xingzhi put forward "the integration of teaching and learning" according to the national conditions of China, that is, the method of teaching should be based on the method of learning, and the method of learning should be based on the method of doing. Learning to do things, teaching to learn, teaching and learning are all centered on doing.

3. To sum up, Dewey's "learning by doing" emphasizes the role of direct experience, and Tao Xingzhi's "teaching integration" attaches importance to both direct experience and indirect experience.