Life is education (the core of life education theory), which is the ontology and origin theory of life education theory. "Life is education" is put forward in view of the disadvantages of China's education being divorced from ordinary people's life reality for a long time, and it is also Tao Xingzhi's absorption and transformation of Dewey's educational thought. Dewey believes that "education is a process of life, not a preparation for future life", and advocates introducing social life into schools, so that students can gain experience and form abilities through this life to meet the needs of social life. Tao Xingzhi pointed out that "life is education" refers to what kind of education you have lived with life as the center; A good life is a good education, and a bad life is a bad education. "Education is to serve people's life, life is the center and purpose of education, and education must be linked to life; Life itself is a kind of education with educational function. There are good and bad lives, and so are the educational functions of life. Only an active life can teach people to be positive.
Second, society is the school.
Society is school: it is the place theory of life education theory. "Society is school" is the inevitable conclusion of "life is education". Tao Xingzhi said: "life is everywhere, that is, education is everywhere;" The whole society is a place to live, that is, a place to educate. " Therefore, we can say: "Society is school". The basic proposition of "society is school" is that every corner, place and living unit of society should assume the function of school and regard the whole society as a big school. At the same time, schools must break through the barriers, integrate with the whole society, implement an open school and give full play to the role of education.
Third, the integration of teaching.
"Integration of teaching and doing" is the methodology of life education theory. "Integration of teaching and doing" is the teaching theory of Tao Xingzhi's life education theory. Tao Xingzhi sharply criticized the traditional teaching method, calling it "teaching dead books, teaching dead, teaching dead" and students "reading dead books, reading dead, reading dead". After long-term exploration and practice, he put forward the teaching theory of "integration of teaching and learning", that is, the teaching method is based on the learning method; The learning method is based on the method of doing. Learn to do things and teach to learn. Teaching and learning are centered on doing. Tao Xingzhi opposed "teaching" as the center, and advocated "integration of teaching and doing", which changed the separation of teaching, learning and doing from the teaching method, and overcame the disadvantages of separating book knowledge from life practice and theory from practice, which was a great change in teaching methods.