The purpose of "living education" is to be a man, a China person and a modern China person. Chen Heqin believes that the fundamental task of school education is not only to impart knowledge, but more importantly, to train young children how to "be a man". He emphasized the importance of shaping children's good character and sound personality from an early age.
(2) "Life Education" course
Chen Heqin opposed the "book-centered" thought in traditional education and advocated that nature and society are the curriculum theory of living teaching materials. Chen Heqin's thought of early childhood education is to be close to children's real life and promote their lively development. The "living education" course breaks the traditional mode of organizing content according to disciplines, and takes the form of activity centers and activity units, including five activities: health activities, social activities, art activities, scientific activities and Chinese activities, also known as the "five fingers activity course".
(3) the methodology of "life education"
The method of "living education" is "learning by doing, learning by doing and making progress by doing". In his view, "doing" is the basis of children's learning.