1, theory of biological origin
Key points: Educational activities exist not only in human society, but also in the animal kingdom. The emergence of human social education is a biological process, biological impulse is the main driving force of education, and human social education is the inheritance, perfection and development of animal kingdom. Education comes from animal instinct, which is the instinctive need of racial development.
2. Theory of psychological origin
Main points: Meng Lu explained the origin of education from the perspective of psychology, and thought that the forms and methods of primitive education were mainly children's unconscious imitation of adult life in daily life.
3. Theory of labor origin
Key points: human education originated from the needs of labor and labor process; Education is a unique social activity of human society; Education is restricted by the development of human language and consciousness; Fourth, since the birth of education, its function is to transmit the experience of production and life formed in the process of labor.
Extended data:
The connotation of education is divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Education in a broad sense refers to all social practice activities that purposefully affect people's physical and mental development. Education in a narrow sense refers to specially organized education, that is, school education, which includes not only full-time school education, but also half-time and amateur school education, correspondence education, publishing education, radio schools and television schools.
It is to guide the educated to acquire knowledge and skills in a purposeful, planned, organized and systematic way according to the reality and future needs of a certain society and following the laws of the physical and mental development of the younger generation. Activities to cultivate moral character, develop intelligence and physical strength, so as to train the educated to adapt to the needs of a certain society (or class) and promote social development.