The main connotation of Tao Xingzhi's view of teachers' morality

1. Dedication spirit of "holding a heart and not taking half a blade of grass"

Loyalty to the education cause and courage to devote themselves to it are the core contents of teachers' professional ethics and the basis of teachers' professional feelings and behaviors. Mr Tao Xingzhi called this dedication "the lifeblood of education". He said: "Educators should know that education is nameless and unprofitable, and there is no honor. The opportunities that educators get are purely opportunities for service and contribution, and there is no fame or honor at all." "Come with a heart and go without a blade of grass" is the wise saying of Mr. Tao Xingzhi, and it is also his tireless pursuit all his life.

2. Love spirit of "people first" and "love the whole world"

Mr. Tao Xingzhi's motto throughout his life is "love the whole world". He turned his deep love for the motherland and the people into infinite loyalty to the cause of education and dedicated his pure heart to the people. In view of the unreasonable reality that a few rulers in China monopolized education at that time, and people had no right or opportunity to receive education, Mr. Tao Xingzhi proposed that the way of education should be to open up more avenues, face the working masses, and let all people in the whole society have the opportunity to receive education. Because of this, his greatest wish in life is to "turn knowledge into showers and moisten the earth everywhere;" Knowledge turns into the sun, so that all people can shine. "

3. The truth-seeking spirit of "thousands of teachers teach people to seek truth, and thousands of students learn to be real people"

Mr. Tao Xingzhi pursued truth all his life, and also educated people to pursue truth and be "real people". When he presided over the work of Yucai School, he asked teachers to "teach thousands of people to seek truth and learn thousands of things to be real people", which is actually a high summary of his educational goals. The "real person" advocated by him should mainly meet the following conditions: first, pursue the truth, tell the truth, and devote oneself to the truth; Second, be a "middleman" who comes from and serves the people, not a bureaucrat or spiritual aristocrat riding on the people's heads; Third, be a person with ideals, responsibility and faith; Fourth, be a person who is determined to reform and dares to open up, experiment and create; Fifth, be a person with harmonious development of ideology and morality, culture and science, health and hygiene, and labor and aesthetic education. Mr. Tao Xingzhi also stressed that the shaping of "real people" can not be separated from social practice and life, but also depends on the cultivation of real teachers. Based on the theory of life education, he put forward a unique view on a really good teacher, and thought that a qualified teacher should have the qualities and sentiments of being open-minded, tolerant, sharing hardships with students, learning from the people and children. Teachers and students should establish a relationship of sharing joys and sorrows, which is not only reflected in life, but also implemented in all aspects of school life, especially in teaching. The responsibility of a really good teacher is to teach students to learn, make them willing to learn, and be tireless in learning and teaching others.

4. Innovative spirit of "Dare to enter the uncivilized frontier and explore undiscovered new ideas"

Mr. Tao Xingzhi put forward the idea of "creative education" in his educational works such as the Declaration of Creation, the Outline of the Plan for the Year of Cultivating Talents and the Creative Son. In his view, "the highest state of doing is creation" and "action is the beginning of education in China, and creation is the completion of education in China", which is the starting point and destination of life education. It can be said that creative education is the fundamental feature of Tao Xingzhi's educational thought and practice. Tao Xingzhi not only opposes teachers teaching dead books, teaching dead and teaching dead, but also opposes students reading dead books, reading dead and reading dead. While criticizing the old education, he clearly pointed out: "Education can't create anything, but it can inspire and liberate children's creativity to engage in creative work." He issued an appeal of "breaking children's hell and creating children's paradise". .

"Teach yourself by teaching others" is a famous saying of Mr. Tao Xingzhi. He believes that to cultivate students' creativity, teachers should first have creative spirit, be first-class educators, and "dare to explore new ideas that have not been discovered, that is, creative spirit;" Dare to enter the uncivilized frontier is to open up the spirit. When creating, look deep; When opening up, look far. " Moreover, the greatest happiness of being a teacher is to create students who are worthy of learning and worshiping by themselves. To be precise, it is that the teacher creates students as well as students. This thought that shine on you is better than blue is the embodiment of Tao Xingzhi's broad mind and far-reaching vision as a people's educator, and also the embodiment of his lofty ideological realm of loving students and educating the country.

5. Harmonious spirit of "learning, doing and cultivating"

Harmony is an important content of teachers' morality. Mr. Tao Xingzhi hated the old tradition of belittling scholars and jealous interpersonal relationships in society at that time. He emphasized that teachers should live in harmony and work together. In his view, only unity and cooperation among teachers in a school, "* * * learning, * * * things, * * * self-cultivation", can cultivate a real person who is true, good and beautiful. He also attached great importance to the cooperation between teachers and students, demanding "modesty and openness, cooperation and gregarious". He said: "Teachers should be integrated with students, students with teachers, teachers with teachers, students with students, and they should know everything and say everything. In a school, the gap between people is completely opened, which is the real spiritual traffic and the real personality education. " In this way, a harmonious atmosphere can be formed in which teachers and students * * * endure hardships, * * * live, * * * create school spirit and * * * abide by school rules, and the method of "* * * learning, * * * doing things and * * * cultivating" between teachers and students is a real education.

6. studious spirit of "never too old to learn, never too old to teach and never too old to be old"

Mr. Tao Xingzhi's motto, which is often used for self-encouragement, is "never too old to learn, never too old to teach and never too old to be old". In view of the common problem in the education field at that time, that is, teachers copied and sold what they had learned to students, he clearly pointed out: "We teachers must study and re-educate every day in order to have the joy of teaching without the pain of teaching." Because good students are often willing to race with teachers in knowledge and cultivation, this forces teachers not to slack off and relax at all, but to constantly push themselves to run ahead of students, which is also a respectable place for teachers. At the same time, studious teachers can also set an example for students. He earnestly warned the teacher: "If students want to learn well, they must learn well. Only a gentleman who never tires of learning can teach students who never tire of learning." Mr. Tao Xingzhi also stressed that teachers should not only be diligent and eager to learn, but also worship the people as teachers and learn from students and children. For this reason, he specially wrote a poem: "What the people do is good, what the people hate is evil, teach the people to make progress, and worship the people as teachers." This points out the way and direction of learning for teachers.

7. Self-discipline spirit of "learning to be a teacher and being a model"

Mr. Tao Xingzhi has always advocated that "teachers should set an example", "those who teach others must teach themselves" and "those who need respect must respect themselves first". He asked teachers to be self-disciplined, and to "cultivate themselves to the point where they are worthy of being teachers in every move, word and deed". "What students are asked to do, the faculty and staff are devoting themselves to * * *; What students are required to learn, teachers and staff learn by hand; The rules that students are required to abide by are strictly observed by the staff. " On this basis, he demanded: "whatever students are asked to do, they should do it first;" If students are asked not to do it, they will resolutely not do it themselves. Teachers should be strict with themselves, be practical, be consistent in words and deeds, and be consistent in appearance. " Mr. Tao Xingzhi's thought of "setting an example" and "individualizing people" profoundly reveals the principles of intuition and imitation of education. Mr. Tao Xingzhi's life as a teacher is a life of "setting an example" and "cultivating people", and his life is worthy of being a model of "eternal example".