From a macro perspective, educational activities consist of six elements: educational subject, educational goal, educational content, educational means, educational environment and educational channels. From the microscopic point of view, educational activities are composed of educators, educatees, educational contents and educational means.

(1) Educators are the main body of "teaching" in the education process, which is mainly reflected in the following aspects: educators are the disseminators of social culture and value orientation; Is the disseminator of scientific knowledge and social civilization; It is the designer, organizer and implementer of educational activities and plays a leading role in the development of educational activities; Is the instructor of students' learning development; Is a learner with self-improvement ability.

(2) Educated people are the main body of "learning" in the process of education, and their subjectivity is reflected in: educated people are the main body of school existence; It is the center of school functional departments and their management; It is the main body of school and teacher evaluation; In addition, the subjectivity of the educated is also reflected in the physical and mental development characteristics of the educated, which restricts the teaching of teachers. The subjectivity characteristics of the educated, such as independence, selectivity, necessity, creativity, personal interests, hobbies and subjective initiative, also restrict the teaching activities of teachers.

(3) The content of education is the object that teachers and students know together.

The content of education is based on the productivity of a certain society and the development level of science, culture and technology. It is the sum total of knowledge and skills, thoughts and opinions, habits and behaviors cultivated by schools. The specific forms of school education content are curriculum standards and textbooks. First of all, educational content is the intermediary between educators and educatees. Secondly, the best educational content is the unity of purpose and objectivity. Educational content inherently contains educational goals, because educational goals are the expected results of educational activities, as well as.

(4) Educational means are the basic conditions of educational activities.

Educational means refers to the sum of various forms and conditions that educators impose educational content on educatees, including material means and spiritual means. Material means mainly include all the material conditions needed for education, which can be divided into three categories: educational venues and facilities, educational media and educational AIDS. Spiritual means include educational methods and channels. Educational methods include teaching methods of educators and learning methods of educatees. As far as the teaching methods of educators are concerned, there are language methods, intuitive methods and practical methods. As far as the learning methods of the educated are concerned, there are two categories: discovery and acceptance.