Confucian scholars in pre-Qin period, represented by Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi, all have their own unique views on teachers. Their social status is similar to what teachers should have, but they are different in personal development, attitude towards teachers and training objectives.

Confucian views, opinions and propositions on education. It mainly includes the function and purpose of education, teaching and learning, moral education and self-cultivation, and the relationship between teachers and students. Confucian educational thought is gradually enriched and perfected in the process of inheritance and development on the basis of Confucius' educational thought.

To a certain extent, it reflects the laws of education and teaching, and has become a valuable legacy of China's ancient educational thought, which not only has a far-reaching impact on the history of education in China, but also enjoys a long-standing reputation in the history of education in the world. ?

Confucianism put forward many valuable teaching principles and methods on the basis of teaching experience.

Such as: ① Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Confucius was the first educator who noticed the contradiction between teaching requirements and the different characteristics of teaching objects and implemented targeted teaching. Zhu Xi concluded: "Confucius taught students in accordance with their aptitude." Xue Ji advocates "being good at recovering losses" and emphasizes teaching students in accordance with their aptitude on the basis of understanding their characteristics, which further deepens this principle (see the theory of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude).

② Heuristic induction. Confucius first proposed and implemented heuristic teaching: "If you don't get angry, you won't get angry, you won't get angry, and you won't do it again if you don't take a detour." (The Analects of Confucius) Xue Ji made a theoretical summary of heuristic teaching: "The teaching of a gentleman is called Bi Xing. Tao leads, strong and restrained, open and far-reaching. Tao leads to harmony, strength leads to restraint and opening leads to thinking. Harmony with Yi Yisi can be described as a good metaphor. "

③ Pay equal attention to learning and thinking. Confucius put forward the idea of paying equal attention to learning and thinking, saying that "learning without thinking is useless, and thinking without learning is dangerous" (The Analects of Confucius is politics), which has become a principle unanimously recognized and generally followed by Confucianism. Later, Wang Fuzhi gave full play to Confucius' thought and pointed out: "Learning is not an obstacle to thinking, but the more you learn, the farther you think;" Thinking is active in learning, thinking is difficult, and learning must be diligent. " ("Chuanshan's suicide note, four books and explanations")

Step by step. In teaching, Confucius pays attention to "being persuasive" (The Analects of Confucius and Zi Han), Mencius advocates "learning but lagging behind" (Mencius and Li Lou), and Xueji emphasizes "learning without waiting" and "doing without training", all of which mean that teaching should be gradual.

⑤ Return from Bo. Confucianism attaches great importance to erudition and emphasizes the control of extensive knowledge in a consistent way. Confucius advocated: "erudite in literature, about courtesy." ("The Analects of Confucius, Yongye") Mencius also said: "If you are learned and good at expounding, you will talk about it with irony." (Mencius Li Lou) Confucianism pays attention to guiding students to learn in teaching. ?