Set an example and reflect on yourself. Confucius said, "He is upright and acts without orders. His body is not right, although he does not obey. " He also said: "You can't be right, just like a right person." "a gentleman speaks but doesn't do it." Confucius emphasized the educational principle that teaching by example is more important than teaching by words. Teachers, as teachers and writers, are the best resources to influence students subtly. Therefore, most Confucian classics emphasize practice, while most Confucian figures are practitioners. In education, students are educated with both words and examples. Teaching lies in reasoning and improving moral understanding; The example lies in demonstrating and actually guiding behavior methods, which embodies the consistent proposition of Confucianism. Confucius said, "If you meet St. Si Qi, you will be introspective if you don't." . Self-discipline, self-discipline and introspection have become the conscious behaviors of ancient sages. Ceng Zi, a student of Confucius, was deeply influenced by his teacher. He said, "I visit myself three times a day. Is it unfaithful to others? Don't believe in making friends? Can't you learn? " Today, teachers advocate reflective teaching in teaching, isn't it an extension of reflection in the contemporary era?
Teaching and learning learn from each other and respect each other. Confucius said: "A threesome must have a teacher"; "Help others with friends"; "Germany is not alone, there must be neighbors." In the Book of Learning, it is said that "it is called friction to observe their mutual interests", and it is pointed out that in teaching, we should observe their mutual interests, and "it is ignorance to study alone without friends". Han Yuming believes: "Disciples don't have to be inferior to teachers, and teachers don't have to be superior to disciples. They have good Taoism and specialized skills, and that's all." This view has more practical significance in today's people-oriented and advocating respect for students' dominant position. "I want to stand up and stand up. I want to touch people." Whether studying or further studying, we should respect each other and understand each other, so as to achieve the state of common progress between teachers and students.
Determined to be happy and willing to give. Traditional teachers' morality emphasizes active life, doing the great cause of life with the spirit of "being born" and paying attention to the principles of "self-cultivation", "keeping the family in order", "governing the country" and "leveling the world". In the eyes of ordinary people, teachers are both with heaven, with the earth, with the monarch, and with relatives. This determines that teachers have a strong sense of social responsibility and historical mission. Therefore, teachers generally have the noble character of being indifferent to fame and fortune, not caring about personal advancement and retreat, loving their jobs, and focusing on investment.
Be strict with yourself and be a teacher. Traditional teachers' morality attaches great importance to the exemplary role of being strict with self-discipline, practicing and setting an example. Confucius put forward "do one's best" (The Analects of Confucius Wei Linggong). Dong Zhongshu, on the other hand, advocates that teachers should be strict in "ruling me" and lenient in treating others, and that "the law of righteousness lies in righteousness, not righteousness" (the law of benevolence and righteousness in The Analects of Confucius). This not only embodies the beauty of traditional ethics, but also shows that teachers can only win the respect of students by becoming "role models".
Be willing to teach, be good at teaching and pay attention to teaching methods. Xunzi put forward four conditions for being a teacher, which are actually teaching ethics. He said, "There are four teachers, but they are not knowledgeable." Dignity and fear can be teachers; Believe that love can be a teacher; If you don't commit a crime, you can be a teacher; Ignorance, you can be a teacher. "("Xunzi Shi Zhi ") Only people with the above four conditions can be teachers. In other words, teachers should not only like teaching, but also be good at teaching, that is, scientific and reasonable teaching methods should be emphasized in the implementation of education. The requirements of traditional teachers' morality can be divided into teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, inspiring and inducing, step by step and so on. These are beneficial and rare references for today's teachers' morality construction.
Teaching without distinction, teaching and educating people. Confucius strongly advocated "education without class", and advocated that no matter how high or low, rich or poor, old or young, educated and ignorant, all should enjoy the right to education. Among his students, there are students from different classes and regions. In the history of education, "teaching without distinction" is a major innovation, which has formed a series of teachers' moral qualities such as equal treatment, equal treatment and educational justice. The ancients attributed the responsibilities of teachers to three aspects: preaching, teaching and solving doubts. In the final analysis, they are teaching and educating people. This is an inevitable requirement for teachers in any era. Teaching and educating people is not only to impart knowledge to students, but also to cultivate their good moral quality through teaching. "So are those who teach it to be a metaphor of virtue." (Book of Rites, Wen Wangshi) This is the basic duty of teachers and also determined by their social responsibilities.
Great religions are seamless, but they complement each other. -Lao Tzu said that "the elephant is invisible when it is loud", which means that the real truth does not need to be transmitted loudly. "Sages do nothing, but teach without words". The implication is that there is no trace of great love, and education is a quiet thing. Teachers must have a deep understanding of the art of management in order to achieve a great education without trace, as Lao Tzu said: "It is based on the words of saints: I do nothing, but the people enjoy themselves;" I am so quiet that the people are self-righteous; I have nothing to do and the people are rich; I want nothing, and the people are simple. "Here," inaction ","quietness ","inaction "and" no desire "are the basic qualities that teachers should have in educating people. Laozi said: "The movement of the immediate Tao". That is to say, Tao itself contains the law of complementary opposites and eventually repeated movements. Teachers should understand this truth and regard students as people who can be changed and molded. According to this view of Laozi, "there are no students who can't teach well" is logically established and should also be an expectation, expectation and pursuit of our teachers.
Practice is self-evident, practice. Tao Xingzhi, a modern educator, put forward: "Teachers and faculty should do what students are asked to do; Students are required to learn knowledge, and teachers and staff are required to study together; The rules that students must abide by, so must the teaching staff. "Tao Xingzhi's lifelong education career shows that only by being a teacher can he teach the world. Xu Teli, a proletarian educator, also pointed out: "Teachers' work is not only a glorious and important post, but also a lofty and happy cause. He asked teachers not only to be teachers and ask questions, but also to be teachers and teach students how to behave.