1. Emphasize human nature: humanistic education pays attention to personality development, respects children's nature, and firmly believes that education, as an acquired force, can reshape individuals and transform society and nature.
2. Classicism: The practice of humanism, especially the curriculum, is classical, not purely "retro", but making the past serve the present, which was an improvement at that time.
3. Secularity: Humanistic education is full of strong secular spirit, paying attention to human nature rather than Shinto, and education pays more attention to this life rather than the afterlife, which is the fundamental difference from medieval education.
4. Religionality: Although humanist educators attack the shortcomings of the Catholic Church, they are not opposed to religion, and they do not intend to destroy it.
5. Humanism: Humanism always regards the free development of human nature as the ultimate goal of education. The concept of "perfect person" fully embodies this humanitarian tendency of humanistic education.
The above characteristics are not reflected in every kind of humanistic education, but will be different due to different times, regions and cultures.