The Dual Orientation of the Role of Chinese Teachers in the New Era——Analysis Based on the Discourse Category of Confucian Education
Whether traditional education or modern education,teachers are not a single social role,but an integrated role category with multiple aspects and development stages."advanced"and"backward","classical teacher"and"life teach-er"are two pairs of discourse categories of Confucian teachers,which are often found in the discussion of educational theory and practice in Confucianism,and run through the traditional role positioning of teachers in our country.Historically,"ad-vanced"and"backward","classical teacher"and"life teacher"are the concrete features displayed by teachers in different educational practices.By explaining the role progression of teachers from"backward"to"advanced",and their cultural mission of integrating"classical teacher"and"life teacher",we can demonstrate their practical value for the development of teacher education in the new era.While adhering to the wisdom of traditional teacher roles,we can grasp the new mean-ings in the problems and achieve creative transformation and autonomous development of the discourse category of Chinese education.
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