The educator Tao Xingzhi’s famous sayings are as follows:
1. Human society is a place of creation everywhere, every day is a time of creation, and everyone is a creator. ——Tao Xingzhi
2. Working hard on labor is the mother of all inventions. Working hard on labor can achieve the truth of things. ——Tao Xingzhi
3. It is necessary to liberate children’s minds, hands, feet, space, and time, so that they can fully enjoy a free life and get real education from a free life. ——Tao Xingzhi
4. Thoughts determine actions, actions form habits, habits form quality, and quality determines destiny. ——Tao Xingzhi
5. The whole secret of educating children is: believe in children and liberate them. ——Tao Xingzhi
6. For bookworms, I advise them to read less and do more meaningful things to avoid being dull. ——Tao Xingzhi
7. Everyone says that children are small, and children are not small. If you think children are small, you are even smaller than a child. ——Tao Xingzhi
8. If the teacher does not make progress, it will be difficult for the students to make progress. This is the drawback of the separation of teaching and learning. ——Tao Xingzhi
9. New parents and new teachers should learn from children and teach them how to teach children more rationally. ——Tao Xingzhi
10. True education is a heart-to-heart activity. Only when it comes from the heart can it touch the depths of the soul. ——Tao Xingzhi
Tao Xingzhi’s main contributions
Mr. Tao Xingzhi devoted his life to education and made pioneering contributions to the modernization of education in our country. He not only created a complete educational theoretical system, but also carried out a large number of educational practices. A careful examination of Tao Xingzhi’s educational thoughts reveals that innovation is like a golden thread that runs through every part of Tao Xingzhi’s educational thoughts.
Innovation here refers to getting rid of the "old" that does not meet the development needs of the times and creating the "new" that is consistent with social and historical progress. Innovation also has the meaning of breaking idols, getting rid of superstition, breaking away from the shackles of dogma, and getting out of rigid and habitual thinking.