From the perspective of professional content, educators can be divided into "educators in a broad sense" engaged in educational activities and "educators in a narrow sense" engaged in school education;

From the perspective of professional identity, educators can be divided into "professional educators" who are mainly engaged in education and "non-professional educators" who are engaged in education part-time or temporarily;

From the perspective of professional knowledge and skills, educators can be divided into "educational scientists" who focus on the production, processing and dissemination of educational ideas and "educational artists" who focus on educational practice.

From the place of education, it is divided into social educators, family educators and school educators;

From the field of personal contribution, it can be divided into educational thinkers, educational theorists, educational practitioners and educators.