The development process of the ideological and political education in China roughly falls into three types: ideological type of ideological and political education participated by the massed, academic type of ideological and political education reflected by discipline construction and scientific theories research, and life-oriented type of the ideological and political education carried out by the masses according to social practice purpose and rules. This is the process changing from politicization to academic mode and then to life. The purpose of the study is to show that ideological and political education should pursue the unity of ideology, scientificity and humanism. It should overcome the pan-political and de-political tendency and go out of the pure academic Dilemma. Thus, life-oriented type is ideological and political education's new development trend and forward direction.