Current location - Education and Training Encyclopedia - Educational Knowledge - Who says that teachers are the most glorious profession under the sun?
Who says that teachers are the most glorious profession under the sun?
This sentence was said by Czech educator Comenius.

1, he believes that the ultimate goal of mankind is to pursue eternal happiness.

To achieve this goal, people need to have three qualities: erudition, virtue and piety. Teachers are important people to cultivate these qualities. Through education, they can make people acquire wisdom, morality and faith, thus becoming rational animals, masters of all creation, and masters of the creator's image and love.

He advocates universal compulsory education.

It is believed that all young men and women should be educated, regardless of rank, wealth, intelligence and stupidity. He believes that everyone has talent and potential, which can be developed through reasonable and effective education. He opposed the education of feudal scholasticism and advocated a new education based on the laws of nature, centered on students' experience and guided by the principles of intuition, step by step and heuristic.

He innovated the teaching method and organization form.

This paper puts forward the teaching in different classes, grading system, divided courses and examination system. He also compiled many teaching materials suitable for students of different ages, such as "Mother-in-law School", "Introduction to Language" and "Illustrated World".

The Influence of Comenius on Education in China

1, which promoted the establishment of modern schools and new education system in China.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, a group of intellectuals and educators who studied in Europe and America or were influenced by western culture, such as Liang Qichao, Chen Yinque, Cai Yuanpei and Tao Xingzhi, were all inspired by Comenius' thought and advocated reforming the old examination system, establishing new schools and universities, advocating general education and vocational education, and introducing western science and culture.

2. He influenced the development of modern children's literature and children's books in China.

Comenius Illustrated World is a children's book with knowledge, interest and artistry. It is widely circulated in China and has been translated and imitated many times. It pioneered children's picture books and encyclopedias, and provided examples and enlightenment for the creation of modern children's literature and children's books in China.