People have different views on the origin of education.

At present, there are many theories in educational theory, such as myth origin theory, biological origin theory, psychological origin theory and labor origin theory.

1, the myth origin theory of education

This view holds that education, like everything else, is created by God, and the purpose of education is to embody the will of God or Heaven and make people convert to God or obey Heaven.

That is to say, the emergence of teachers and education all reflect God's will.

The west also has the same understanding as the east, that education originated from myth.

2. The biological origin theory of education.

This view attributes the origin of human education to the instinctive behavior and innate biological behavior of animals, and holds that education is a universal biological phenomenon rather than a special social phenomenon, and the educational process is an instinctive teaching activity according to biological laws.

The main representatives of this view are French philosopher and sociologist Little Noel and British educator Percy Neng.

The history of educational biological origin theory is guided by Darwin's biological evolution theory and natural education thought since modern times, which shows the similarity between human education and similar educational behavior in animal kingdom, and denies the myth origin theory of education, which is worthy of recognition.

3. On the psychological roots of education.

This view holds that education originated from children's unconscious imitation of adults.

Meng Lu, an American educator, believes that "the common educational method in primitive society is simple unconscious imitation."

Children's unconscious imitation of older members is the initial development of education. "In essence, this view is similar to the theory of biological origin.

Because if education originated from children's "unconscious imitation" of adult behavior in primitive society, then this "unconscious imitation" is definitely not acquired, but genetic, congenital and not acquired; Instinct, not culture and society.

4. The labor origin theory of education.

Under the guidance of historical materialism, the theory of educational labor origin came into being by criticizing the theory of biological origin and the theory of psychological origin.

Its theoretical and methodological basis is Engels' The Role of Labor in the Transformation from Ape to Man.

In Engels' view, labor is the first basic condition of the whole human life, and labor creates man himself; Labor is the foundation of education.

This view holds that, because human education originated from the needs generated in the process of labor, human labor marked by making and using tools is different from the instinctive activities of animals.

5. The life origin theory of education.

In the 1980s, some scholars in China put forward a view similar to "the theory of the origin of educational life needs", arguing that life and labor are in a parallel relationship, and education should not only transmit labor experience, but also life experience. Education is produced on the basis of adapting to and meeting the needs of human life.

Some scholars have pointed out that Dewey's view of education-"education is life"-embodies the theory of the origin of education in life.

Dewey believes that education has no purpose or external purpose. If education has a purpose, then this purpose lies in education itself.

He believes that education is growth, education is life, and education is the continuous transformation of experience, that is, education promotes the continuous development and growth of children's innate psychological function with instinct as the core.

Children's instinctive growth is always realized in the process of life, or life is the social expression of growth.

6. On the origin of educational communication.

"Origin" should explain where things came from and where they evolved.

Obviously, in order to understand this, we need to analyze the necessity and possibility of this thing, but we can't stop there. We should also further educate what is born from it, or call it the prototype of education.

This special communication gradually formed a relatively fixed content and a relatively fixed teaching relationship, and educational activities came into being.

It can be seen that human educational activities originated from communication. In a sense, education is a special communication activity of human beings.

7. The theory of the origin of educational demand.

The theory of the origin of needs is a logical extension of the theory of the origin of labor, which includes three slightly different propositions: the needs of productive labor, the needs of social production and life, and the needs of social life and human development.

The main representative of the theory of productive labor needs is Sha et al.

Sha said in the article "Education is a special category": "Education is produced in the process of labor and is produced due to the needs of productive labor. Education produced by the needs of productive labor is closely related to productivity and production relations from the beginning. "

8. The origin of the predecessor of education According to the origin of the predecessor, human education originated from the education of apes, that is, apes passed on their inherent survival skills to the next generation in order to maintain the existence of their own species.

Its main representatives are Kong Zhihua and Chen Xiaofei.

9. The theory of family origin of education Family origin theorists believe that education originated from the upbringing of children by family parents, and their main representatives are French educational historian Kemper and others.

10, the theory of socialized influence of education holds that education originated from the socialized influence exerted by primitive human beings on the younger generation after the birth of language, and its representative figures are horses and so on ~