教师形象的古今之变与理想教师形象的意蕴

Teacher Images in Ancient and Modern Times and Implications of the Ideal Teacher Image

历史上,以苏格拉底为代表的古典哲人教师展现出以哲学教育为使命、以沟通和对话为中介、以启迪智慧为目的、以幸福生活为指向,不断追求自身卓越的“人师”形象。随着教育的工具价值被无限放大,教师成为依照特定教育方法把知识传递给学生的“教书匠”。教师形象古今之变的背后暗含着教育价值的古今之争。回归教育的内在价值需要重新思考理想教师形象的意蕴。理想教师要成为思想的主人,通过自我解蔽踏上教师的成长之路;要胸怀对年轻人的爱,时刻保持照料年轻人灵魂的敏感性;要以身作则,引导学生进行自我认识和自我教育;要创设教育情境,引导学生在对话中与伟大心灵直面相对;要保持探究的热情,在教育研究中不断追求自身的卓越。

Classical philosophers and teachers in the history represented by Socrates exhibit the image of models devoting to all-round development of human beings,who constantly pursued excellence with philosophical education as the mission,with communication and dialogues as the medium,with wisdom enlightenment as the purpose and with a happy life as the orientation.With the increasingly magnified instrumental value of education,teachers have been regarded as pedagogues imparting knowledge to students with fixed methods.Such a change in teacher image implies a controversy on the value of education between the ancient and modern times.To regain the intrinsic value of education,it is necessary to rethink the connotation of the ideal teacher image.An ideal teacher should have a good mastery of ideas who embarks on teacher growth through self-discovery.An ideal teacher should love young people with acuity for caring their souls,guide students to build self-awareness and to develop self-education by good examples,guide students to learn from great minds in educational contexts and keep constant enthusiasm in educational research and pursue excellence.