Understanding Students:The Significance of Ethical Symbols and Paths to Implementation
Education is a special form of interpersonal practice.Understanding students is not only the prerequisite for educational interactions,but also the key to teacher-student dia-logue.From the perspective of semioethics,understanding students means interpreting the sym-bolic meanings in educational interactions,caring for students' spiritual worlds,and taking re-sponsibility as educators facing others.In educational practices,teachers often fail to properly understand students,which includes ignoring the 'sensory meaning' differences between symbols,neglecting the 'intentional meaning' of students as symbol communicators and individual students,and underestimating the complexity of 'moral meaning' in symbolic activities.To effec-tively facilitate and realize educational interactions,teachers must fully consider the semioethics involved in understanding students.By promoting understanding through caring listening,respon-sible responses,permissive silence,teachers can fulfill their responsibilities as ethical subjects.
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