The educational ideas of Marx and Engels

I. Critical Inheritance of Utopian Socialist Educational Thought

1. Criticism of the education of capitalist society

Pointing out that utopian socialism has limitations, he believes that socialism can only explain the phenomenon of capitalist education more profoundly and scientifically on the basis of the materialist view of history

2. The impact of the environment and education on human development

(1) The three major utopian socialists emphasize the social constraints of human development and attach importance to the role of education

(2) Marne criticized them for seeing man entirely as a passive product of the environment, ignoring man's subjective initiative

3. On the all-round development of the human person

(1) Appreciate the utopian socialists' prophetic depictions of the requirements for the all-round development of man and their realization, and discard the utopian fantasies based on the theory of human nature

(2) In a reasonable society, all people will receive a good education in moral, intellectual, physical and other aspects, and use the best education to develop all the talents and strength of human beings

4. On the combination of education and productive labor

(1) The three major utopian socialists have all put forward the idea of education in combination with productive labor

(2) But they do not really reveal the objective regularity of the combination of education and productive labour

(3) On the basis of summing up the experience of his predecessors, Mann scientifically demonstrated the historical inevitability and great significance of combining education with productive labor

Second, on the relationship between the all-round development of man and education

The theory of the all-round development of man is the most core part of the educational thought of Marx and Engels

Third, on the great significance of combining education with productive labor

1. Connotation

(1) The needs of large-scale industrial production for workers with multifaceted development objectively require the combination of productive labor and education

(2) The need for science and technology in industrial production requires the organic combination of education and productive labor

(3) Comprehensive technical education also provides an important "link" for the combination of education and productive labor.

2. Evaluation

(1) From the perspective of practice, the role of genetic factors, environment, education and revolutionary practice in human development and education in social development is elucidated

(2) Demonstrates the inevitability and necessity of the all-round development of man and the combination of education and social production

(3) The educational theories of Marx and Engels provide a scientific theoretical basis for revealing the basic characteristics of modern education