Today I would like to introduce a famous educator Confucius（551-479 BC）. Although he was born about 2500 years ago, his influence is still there. Confucius’ educational thought has promoted the whole world.
Confucius first proposed in Chinese history that the difference of human personality is mainly due to the influence of acquired education and social environment. Therefore, everyone can be educated and everyone should be educated. It broke the monopoly of slave owners and nobles on school education, expanded the scope of education to civilians, and complied with the trend of social development at that time.
Confucius asked teachers to enlighten education in teaching methods. He taught students to have an honest learning attitude, be modest and eager to learn, and often review the learned knowledge, so as to “review the old and know the new”, expand and deepen the extension of new knowledge, and “cite one instead of three”.
Confucius‘ moral education put forward the methods of setting goals, self-examination and daring to change.
Confucius asked students to ask teachers and students more. While being open-minded and eager to learn, he stressed the combination of learning and thinking. At the same time, he must “apply what he learned” and apply it to social practice.
He first proposed heuristic teaching. Teachers should properly enlighten and enlighten students when they think seriously and have reached a certain level. He is also the earliest educator to adopt the method of teaching students according to their aptitude in teaching practice. Through the methods of conversation and individual observation, he understood and was familiar with the personality characteristics of students. On this basis, he adopted different educational methods according to the specific situation of each student, and cultivated various talents.
Confucius loved education and engaged in educational activities all his life. He is never tired of learning and tireless in teaching. It not only teaches by words, but also pays more attention to personal teaching, so as to influence students with their own exemplary behavior. He cherishes and respects his students, and the relationship between teachers and students is very harmonious. He is a shining example of ancient Chinese teachers.
Confucius‘ educational activities not only trained many students, but also his educational theory based on practice laid a theoretical foundation for ancient Chinese education.
