Teaching and learning are two activities that reinforce and benefit each other within a person.(教學相長)
Teaching and learning are two activities
that reinforce and benefit each other within a person.(教學相長)
Dai Sheng was a prominent Confucian scholar
during the Han dynasty.
He compiled and edited numerous articles on
etiquette and Confucian thought, which he then compiled into a book called The
Book of Rites.
One chapter of this book details the role,
purpose and mission of Confucian scholars in education and the school system;
the principles and methods of teaching; the status and role of teachers; and
the relationships between teachers, students and classmates in the educational
process. A passage from this chapter reads as follows:
'If a delicious dish is placed before you,
but you don't taste it, you will never know how good it tastes.
If important knowledge is presented to you,
but you don't learn it, you will never understand its depth and the benefits it
can bring.
Only by learning new knowledge can one
discover the depth of one's former ignorance. Only by teaching others can one
realise how much more there is to learn, even in areas of knowledge that one
thought they had already mastered.
When a mature person realises that their
knowledge is insufficient, they reflect deeply and strive to learn even harder.
When a mature person is confused about what
they already know, they will push themselves to delve deeper until they
understand.
Based on the above discussion, we can
conclude that teaching and learning reinforce and grow together.
An ancient Chinese classic called the 'Book
of Documents' says that teaching and learning together produce the most
complete learning effect. I believe this supports our conclusion.
This idiom literally means that teaching
and learning reinforce and grow each other.
Dear friends, what insights or thoughts
have you gained from this story?
Have you ever been a teacher in any
subject? What feelings do you experience when preparing to teach someone
something?
I hope this story will provide you with
some new insights.
教學相長(Teaching and learning are two
activities that reinforce and benefit each other within a person.)
(戴聖)是漢王朝時代的一個重要的儒家學者。
他整理並編纂了許多闡釋禮儀規範與儒家思想的文章並彙集成書。這本書就是(禮記)。
這本書中有一章的主題是有關於儒家學者對於教育的作用、目的和任務、學校制度與教學的原則和方法、教師的地位和作用與在教育過程中的師生關係以及與同學之間的關係作了詳細的說明，這章中有一段內容如下。
如果有一道很美味的食物放在你的面前，但是你沒有去品嘗這道食物，那麼你就永遠不可能知道這道食物的滋味有多好。
如果有一些很重要的知識擺在你的眼前，但是你沒有去學習這些知識，那麼你就永遠無法理解這些知識的奧妙與能夠帶給你的益處。
一個人只有在經過學習新知之後，才會發現自己原本有多麼的無知，一個人只有在經過教導他人的過程中，才會發現原來自己以為自己早就掌握的一些知識之中，自己還有很多沒有完全了解的地方。
一個成熟的人發現自己的知識量不足夠的時候，這個人就會深刻的自我反省並且激勵自己要更加努力學習。
一個成熟的人發現自己對於自己所知道的知識還有迷惑的時候，這個人就會進行自我鞭策並且更加深入地去研究直到把自己所不懂的地方都搞懂為止。
針對以上這段論述，我們可以得到一個結論。教導與學習這兩件事情在一個人身上所發揮的作用是會互相促進並且共同增長的。
中國古代的一本名字叫做(尚書)的經典書籍中有這樣的一句話，教與學這兩樣組合起來才能夠產生最完整的學習效果。我認為這句話可以印證我們所得到的結論。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是教導與學習這兩件事情在一個人身上所發揮的作用是會互相促進並且共同增長的。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你是否曾經在任何的事情上當過別人的老師呢?當你正在準備教導別人一件事情時，你會有怎樣的感受呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為禮記-學記篇