Confucian Conceptions of Adult and the Enlightenments to Professional Quality of Teachers in Colleges and University
Confucian"adult"essentially refers to the gentleman or an exemplary person,and its connotations include three aspects of benevolence,knowledge,and courtesy.Accordingly,there are three ways to cultivate a-dults:the first comes to benevolence,which emphasizes cultivation and practice of benevolence;the second comes to learning,which focuses on learning scientific knowledge,skills,and Tao;the third comes to courtesy,which gives attention to edification of literature and art.From the conceptions of Confucian adult,in order to improve pro-fessional quality,teachers in colleges and universities should improve their professional quality by means of three approaches.Firstly,teachers should improve their professional ethics and conduct.Secondly,teachers should rein-force their knowledge.Lastly,teachers should improve their teaching competence.