Division of educational practice according to the characteristics of educational objects, tasks, contents and forms. There are three types of education: family education, school education and social education. Education can be divided into informal education, formal education and institutionalized education according to the different degree of regularization of education itself, that is, the different forms of education. Among them, informal education and formal education are collectively called non-institutionalized education.
Family education:
Usually refers to the education of parents or other elders to their children or other younger generations in the family, mainly for children and adolescents in the family.
School education:
Refers to the education of students in various schools at all levels, mainly for teenagers and young people. The main task is to systematically impart social norms, values, knowledge and skills to students in an organized, planned and purposeful manner, and to cultivate people who serve a certain society or class.
Social education:
Mainly refers to the education of teenagers and adults by social, cultural and educational institutions outside schools. The main task is to make the educated further establish the ideological quality and world outlook that meet the social requirements; Popularize scientific and cultural knowledge, increase and update knowledge and information stored in people's minds, guide people to engage in healthy cultural and sports activities, and make educated people become qualified citizens.