Tao Xingzhi believes that since the emergence of human society, there has been human life and human education. Education changes with the change of human life. Life is constantly advancing, and so is education. He believes that "life education is the original, independent and necessary education of life".

2. Society is the school.

Society is school is another important proposition of Tao Xingzhi's life education theory, which is accompanied by "life is education". Tao Xingzhi's basic viewpoint of "society is school" is that schools should be unified with society, so that society can become a big school and form a big education system including family education and social education.

3. Teaching integration.

"Integration of teaching and doing" is the teaching theory of Tao Xingzhi's life education theory. In Tao Xingzhi's words, "integration of teaching and doing" is an explanation of life phenomenon, that is, an explanation of educational phenomenon.

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Tao Xingzhi believes that teaching and doing are inseparable, and doing is the center of teaching and learning. Teaching and doing are closely related, but both are unified in doing. Doing is the center of teaching and learning. Teachers and scholars should give full play to their subjective initiative in practice.

He took farming as an example. If he wants to farm in the field, he will study and teach in the field. Teachers teach while doing, and students learn while doing. He particularly emphasized the role of "doing" in the process of acquiring knowledge.