Abstract: The object of education is human beings,and the ultimate goal of education is to make students become independent human beings.From the perspective of the historical development of life-oriented education,the concept of classical education embodies the respect for life.It emphasizes the rationality and transcendence of life,and advocates the teacher-student relationship of life communication.It believes that the purpose of education is to cultivate the whole person.In the field of education,the humanism movement emerged in the modern Renaissance “lightened” life,which was reflected in the trend of thought of natural education,which emphasized personalized education and devoted itself to cultivating peoples morality,wisdom and cultural accomplishment.The advent of the modern scientific era has greatly changed the development trend of education.The extreme scientific rationality and instrumental rationality lead to the neglect of the value of the unique individual life and the neglect of the care for life in education.On the basis of looking back at the thought of life education contained in the treasure house of human thoughts and reflecting on the hidden problems of modern education,this paper proposes to construct the life education of the new era from the perspective of educational concept to educational practice,so that education can better cultivate the new person with feelings and personality and leading the social progress and development.

Key words: life-oriented education, classical education, modernity education