1. Education prepares for life.
Spencer was a famous British educator at the end of 19 century. He first put forward the idea of "education prepares for life" (also known as "education preparation theory"). He believes that the main task of education is to teach people how to live and how to use all their abilities, and the purpose of education is to prepare for a "full life".
2. Education adapts to life.
Dewey believes that the best education is "learning from life" and "learning from experience". He believes that once education is regarded as a preparation for children's future life, it is bound to teach adults' experience, responsibility and power, while ignoring children's interests and needs at this moment, leaving children in a passive position. So he advocated that "education is life".
3. Education changes life.
"Life is education" is the core idea of Tao Xingzhi's life education theory. Life determines education, and education has the function of transforming life. "Society is school" is an extension of the concept of "life is education", that is, connecting school with society and taking society as school.
The combination of teaching and learning is the methodology of life education theory, which advocates "learning by doing" and "teaching by doing", holds that "teachers are learning by doing and students are learning by doing" and emphasizes that "doing is the center of learning and teaching". Therefore, he advocated "the theory of transforming life through education".