(1) Sociality and classlessness of education = collective production and collective life in primitive society, which determines that education is also a collective, public and social activity without class boundaries.
(2) Education is not a special social activity. The education of primitive society has not been differentiated from social production and life, and its main way is through productive labor and social life practice.
(3) Word of mouth, observation and imitation are the main parts of education, because primitive social figures have not yet appeared, and there are no special teaching places and teachers. At that time, the means of education were extremely simple, mainly word of mouth, observation and imitation.
Extended data
Modern social education has a special role that other forms of education can't match, which is mainly manifested in the following aspects:
First of all, education is not a special social activity. Due to the low level of productive forces in primitive society, education can not be separated from social production and life and become a special activity, and there is no special place and personnel for education. The earliest education of human beings was carried out in productive labor and social life, and imparting production experience, skills, knowledge, ability and behavior norms in social life is completely education in a natural state.
Second, education is social and classless. Education in primitive society is for all members of society, and education is also for the public. At the same time, the property of primitive society is public, and there is no class and class opposition, so there is no class in primitive education only because of the differences in division of labor, age and gender.
Third, the content of education is very simple. Basically limited to some primitive productive labor, social life and primitive religious activities. With the continuous development of social productive forces and social economy and the continuous enrichment of social life, the educational content of primitive society also presents a dynamic development process.
Fourth, word-of-mouth and behavior imitation are the main educational means. There is no written language in primitive society, and the main means of education are word of mouth and observation and imitation of behavior. Primitive people received education in knowledge, skills and moral behavior through these forms.
After the primitive society entered the end of the clan commune, due to the development of social economy, politics and culture, the above characteristics were gradually replaced by many new factors, and the school began to sprout.