Educational materials refer to all kinds of material resources that enter the educational process. According to the small role of these material resources in education, they can be divided into three categories: educational venues and facilities, educational media and educational AIDS. This is the material element in educational activities (not the basic element of education).
1. Educators are the subject of "teaching" in the educational process.
People who take teaching as their responsibility in educational activities are educators. Educators are the main body of "teaching" in the process of education, which is mainly reflected in the following aspects: educators are the disseminators of social culture and value orientation; Is the disseminator of scientific knowledge and social civilization; It is the designer, organizer and implementer of educational activities and plays a leading role in the development of educational activities; Is the instructor of students' learning development; Is a learner with self-improvement ability.
2. Educated people are the main body of "learning" in the education process.
People who take learning as their responsibility in the process of education are called educatees. Educated people are the object of education and the subject of learning, and their subjectivity is reflected in: educated people are the subject of school existence; It is the center of school functional departments and their management; It is the main body of school and teacher evaluation; It is the main body to complete the educational task. In addition, the subjectivity of the educated is also reflected in the physical and mental development characteristics of the educated, which restricts the teaching of teachers. The subjectivity characteristics of the educated, such as independence, selectivity, necessity, creativity, personal interests, hobbies and subjective initiative, also restrict the teaching activities of teachers.
3. Educational content is the object that teachers and students know together.
The content of education is based on the productivity of a certain society and the development level of science, culture and technology. The knowledge and skills taught by the school, the ideas and opinions instilled, and the habits and behaviors cultivated are the sum total. The specific forms of school education content are curriculum standards and textbooks. First of all, educational content is the intermediary between educators and educatees. Secondly, the best educational content is the unity of purpose and objectivity. Educational content inherently contains educational objectives. Because the educational goal is the expected result of educational activities, it is also the standard to measure the effect of educational activities, and it is the starting point and destination of educational content teaching.