Educators, educatees, educational contents and educational means are the basic components of the educational structure. However, education is not a simple addition of the four, but an organic whole, and the four basic elements are interrelated, interactive and influential. Among them, educators and educatees are the main bodies of educational activities, and educational content and means are the common objects of educators and educatees.

Among the four basic elements, the most important one is the relationship between educators and educatees.