Confucius is a famous educator in the history of China. He never tires of learning and teaching all his life. He founded the Confucian School, compiled the Six Classics, and emphasized the education of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, inspiring and inducing, matching words with deeds, and turning good into beauty. Confucius first taught people to do things and attached importance to establishing a good relationship between teachers and students. Learning from the past and learning from the new is a true portrayal of Confucius' life-long teaching activities and a valuable asset in the history of China's educational thought.

First of all, review the old and learn the new.

Learning from the past is a famous saying of Confucius, "Learning from the past and learning from the new can be a teacher". Confucius believes that reviewing the past and learning the new is the basic condition for being a teacher, and it is also an indispensable spirit of teaching. Reviewing the past and learning the new can be understood from three levels. First, the past is the past, which refers to the past political, historical and cultural knowledge. New refers to the present, refers to the current social reality. He asked students not only to master the past political and historical knowledge, but also to understand the contemporary social reality. Second, from the known to the unknown, establish the connection between old and new knowledge. Existing knowledge is the result of cognition and the basis of learning new knowledge. Confucius asked students to actively think and associate when reviewing old knowledge, expand the scope of knowledge or further deepen knowledge, so as to acquire new knowledge. Third, reviewing the past and learning new things means reviewing the past and learning new things. The purpose of reviewing the past is to create and innovate in school education and social life.

Second, draw inferences from others.

Confucius is good at using heuristic education. He constantly explored and innovated in teaching practice and founded the famous teaching principle of inspiration and induction. "Don't start if you are not angry, don't give a corner if you are not in a hurry, and there will never be another corner if you don't turn from three corners." On the one hand, teachers should grasp the time when students are most eager for knowledge, that is, when they want to get through, but they can't get through, and they should be inspired and induced. On the other hand, teachers should let students use their brains actively, draw inferences from others and come up with new ideas.

Third, knock at both ends.

Confucius emphasized the training of students' thinking methods, and knocking at both ends is one of the commonly used methods. Only by investigating different aspects of facts can we distinguish right from wrong and then solve the problem. "I have wisdom on zai? Ignorance is also. My husband asked me, and it was empty. I knocked at both ends and I was exhausted. " Confucius also used this method to train students and inspire them to think differently and creatively. Give zi gong this dialectical way of thinking. Confucius emphasized learning and thinking. Learning is the basis of thinking and thinking is the result of learning. In the process of learning, we should first master rich knowledge materials as the foundation, and then use these materials to think effectively. What do you think? Confucius put forward "Jiu Si", emphasizing the comprehensive and complete training of students' thinking.

Confucius first taught people to do things and attached importance to establishing a good relationship between teachers and students. Confucius' learning from the past and learning from the new is also a valuable asset in the history of China's educational thought. It is also worth our teachers' lifelong research and study.