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What is Spencer's practical education thought?
1 Criticism of traditional classical education

2 education preparation theory

Scientific knowledge is the most precious.

4. Develop a curriculum system with scientific knowledge as the core.

1, practical education thought is positivism-scientism education thought.

2. Before Spencer, there were two main traditions in the development of western modern educational thought.

On the one hand, Spencer inherited the naturalistic view of respecting children and attaching importance to their initiative and enthusiasm, but he also emphasized that education is not a philosophy of evolution, science first and empiricism.

3. Influenced by his positivist philosophy, Spencer abandoned the abstract and metaphysical thinking framework of previous educators when setting and describing the educational purpose.

He understood "life" as a concrete practical activity.