Original text: "It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish. Giving people fish can only save a temporary emergency, and giving people fish can solve the needs of a lifetime. "

explain

This passage comes from Taoism, but as for who it comes from, the academic circles are still researching.

"It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish", saying that "giving a man a fish can solve his temporary hunger, but it can't solve his long-term hunger. If you want him to have fish to eat forever, you might as well teach him how to fish. " Fish is the purpose, and fishing is the means. This sentence shows that. If you want to help others solve problems. It is better to teach others how to solve problems.

Another way of saying it

"It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish; It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish. " It means not giving materials directly, but teaching methods or certain beliefs.

Education is actually the same. A good and competent teacher should not only give students knowledge, but also teach students the methods of self-study. UNESCO once said: In the future, people who can't read will no longer be illiterate, but people who can't learn by themselves and can't use what they have learned.

Modern connotation

It is often cited as a new type of education, which requires teachers to change the past cramming education mode, straighten their own position, stimulate students' interest in learning, stimulate students' autonomous learning ability and improve students' creativity. This is also the development trend of modern education.