The word "education and teaching" was first put forward by German educator Herbart. He believes that people's ideas, emotions and good intentions are inseparable. Teaching as the process of knowledge transmission and moral education formed as the will of goodness are unified; "Teaching without moral education is just a means without purpose. If there is no teaching, moral education is the purpose without means. "
Herbart established his educational purpose on the basis of ethics, and thought that cultivating people's virtue was the whole purpose of education. Therefore, he believes that it is impossible to strengthen the moral core of will and attitude simply by mastering knowledge as cold knowledge. In order to transform knowledge into will and attitude, teaching must form the educational significance of virtue, that is, "education and teaching".
Johann friedrich herbart (German: johann friedrich herbart, 1776 May 4th-184 1 August 14) was a German philosopher, psychologist and founder of science pedagogy in the 9th century. In the history of modern education, no educator can compare with it. His educational thought had a great, extensive and far-reaching influence on the school educational practice and the development of educational theory at that time and even in the next hundred years. In the history of western education, he is known as the "founder of scientific pedagogy" and the "father of educational science" in the history of world education. The representative work General Pedagogy, which reflects his educational thoughts, is recognized as the first educational work with a scientific system.