Education first appeared in slave society, mainly because there were surplus products in slave society, so people could have time to sum up and impart experience. Primitive society did not have the conditions to produce education.
As far as China is concerned, Xia Dynasty belongs to the early slave society. According to ancient records, there were "preface" and "school" in Xia Dynasty, which was the school at that time, indicating that school education had come into being.
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The forms of education usually include:
(1) School education refers to purposeful, organized and planned educational activities and school educational facilities.
(2) Social education refers to educational activities and facilities carried out by social, cultural and educational institutions.
(3) Family education refers to the educational activities and related educational facilities carried out by the elders in the family.
(4) Self-education refers to people's self-learning activities and facilities, as well as self-examination and self-learning behavior.
(5) The education of natural form refers to the phenomenon that the experience of production and life is transmitted orally in the process of production and life. The purpose of educational research is to reveal the essence of education through educational phenomena.
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