The role of Confucian traditional culture in middle school education _ the value and role of traditional culture represented by Confucianism

The middle school stage is a crucial period for the formation of students' outlook on life, world outlook and values. Students' thoughts and behaviors are influenced by society, schools and families, among which schools have the most direct influence on students. There are special chapters and wonderful articles selected from Confucian classics in the current Chinese textbooks for middle schools, which have beautiful language, concise words and profound thoughts, and have great influence on the shaping of middle school students' ideological and moral character, the judgment of behavior value and the formation of ethics.

First, enhance students' sense of social responsibility

Confucianism closely links personal growth with the development of the country and society, and holds that "the foundation of the world lies in the country, the foundation of the country lies at home, and the foundation of the family lies in the body" (Mencius? Li Lou). "Take the world as your own responsibility" (heather? "The Biography of Confucius"), the sense of moral responsibility that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, "Worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later" (Yueyang Tower), "Wealth cannot be lewd, poverty cannot be moved, and powerful people cannot be bent" ("Mencius? Teng Wengong Xia is an excellent textbook for ideological and moral education. These textbooks help to establish students' national pride and self-esteem, and cultivate their sense of social responsibility of being positive and making efforts to contribute to the country, nation and society.

Second, cultivate students' good character.

The core of Confucianism is "benevolence". The so-called "benevolence, love" means treating others as people like yourself. With this premise, we can transcend selfish nature and care, sympathize and respect others. This kind of good character is exactly what our education pursues: let students learn to care about others through study and fulfill their responsibilities to society.

Third, cultivate students' hard-working spirit.

Confucius said "never tire of learning", emphasizing that learning is endless. He warned his students that "nine times out of ten, they are determined to learn" (politics), "For decades, they have forgotten their meals and worries, and they don't know that old age is coming" (narrator), "Those who know what I know are known, and those who don't know are known" (politics), and said that "a threesome must have a teacher." Choose good and follow it, but change it if it is not good "("Shu Er "). Teachers should let students understand the profound meaning of these languages and the learning spirit of the ancients, and let students feel something and internalize it into their own actions, study hard and pursue it hard.

Fourth, promote the improvement of students' learning quality.

Confucius put forward the principle of paying equal attention to learning and thinking in learning methods, emphasizing the role of thinking on the basis of learning, and thought that "learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is dangerous" (for politics), which means that only paying attention to learning without thinking may be deceived by the appearance of knowledge; Paying attention to thinking and not learning may be more dangerous because of doubt. This principle of paying equal attention to learning and thinking makes students realize the importance of thinking in the process of knowledge acquisition, and makes them dare to innovate and question when conducting scientific research.

Five, apply what you have learned

Confucius said, "It is impossible to recite 300 poems and teach them politics.": Make it everywhere, not just right; Although a lot, what do you think? "That is to say, reading three hundred poems and giving him political tasks, but he can't finish it; Sending him to the four countries cannot be handled independently; Even if you read more, what's the use? The implication is that the purpose of teaching you 300 poems is to enable you to complete political tasks and send envoys to deal with all directions. This shows that he believes that learning should be applied and education should cultivate talents who are useful to society. In modern teaching, this idea is embodied in extracurricular interest group activities such as model airplane, computer, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and social practice investigation in summer. Therefore, teachers should pay attention to cultivating students' ability to apply knowledge and adapt to society.

In a word, the essence of Confucianism is a valuable guiding ideology of our middle school education. Educators should inherit and carry forward the essence of China traditional culture and give full play to its educational role.

Author: No.14 Middle School in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province

(Editor Tian Xinxin)