Private school is a way of education in China traditional culture. It means that in ancient times, scholars or intellectuals would set up private schools in their own homes to recruit students for education and training. Mr. Xue Shu is usually a knowledgeable and cultivated intellectual, whose main task is to impart classic culture and various disciplines. They teach students basic knowledge such as reading, writing and arithmetic, and at the same time pay attention to cultivating students' moral character and moral cultivation.
Fourth Uncle's teaching content is mainly classical works, such as The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and The Book of Songs. They pay attention to inheriting and developing traditional cultural values, and teach students how to think, how to be a man, and how to pursue the perfection of morality and personality. In addition to imparting knowledge, Mr. Private School also undertakes the responsibility of tutoring students and guiding their growth. They will establish a teacher-student relationship with students and provide guidance and help in their study and life.
Mr. Private School usually starts from students' personality, interests and potential, and teaches students in accordance with their aptitude to cultivate their all-round development. Teachers in private schools played an important role in ancient education in China. They are not only the inheritors of knowledge, but also the guides of morality and culture. By educating and cultivating students, they have cultivated generations of learned and moral talents for the society. Although great changes have taken place in the form of modern education, Mr. Sishu's educational thoughts and values still have its unique significance and influence.
The history of private schools
As a form of education, private schools can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties in ancient China. During this period, scholars often set up private schools at home and enrolled students in person for education. The prosperity of private school education appeared after Qin and Han Dynasties, especially in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties. In these periods, private schools became an important educational institution besides official schools, and played an important role in inheriting classic culture and cultivating talents.
Private schools reached their peak in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and became an important part of the education system at that time. Scholars or intellectuals will set up private schools at home or in temples, security halls, academies and other places to recruit students for education. Teachers in private schools are usually intellectuals with certain knowledge and cultivation. Their main task is to impart classic works and all kinds of knowledge. The enrollment targets of private schools are mainly the children of gentry or wealthy families, while the children of farmers and civilians rarely have the opportunity to receive private school education.
Therefore, in ancient China society, private school education was mainly a privileged education, which only people with certain social status and economic conditions could accept. Private school education emphasizes traditional culture and moral education, and pays attention to cultivating students' personality and accomplishment. Textbooks are mainly classic works, such as The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and The Book of Songs. Mr. Private School not only teaches knowledge, but also pays more attention to tutoring students, guiding them to distinguish right from wrong, and cultivating their thinking ability and independent personality.
However, with the establishment and development of modern education system, private schools gradually declined and were impacted by new schools and school education. Nevertheless, private school education has left a deep imprint in the history of education in China, which is of great significance and influence for inheriting and developing traditional culture.