This study started from shocking, real agony that students assault teachers in sacred classroom where a master and students should talk affectionately and keep cultural pulse. Though problems of classroom is not only those of teachers' assault, I felt...
This study started from shocking, real agony that students assault teachers in sacred classroom where a master and students should talk affectionately and keep cultural pulse. Though problems of classroom is not only those of teachers' assault, I felt desperate sense of crisis. I began to study with self-examination and self reflection facing with loss of teacher's authority. I tried to find out the resolution of teachers' problems from Confucius respected as great master of mankind. He has been respected as a great master of mankind until now
* A thesis submitted to the Committee of the Graduate School of Education, GyeongSang National University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master's degree of Education in August, 2011though over 2500 years have passed.
I studied feature of the master in The Analects of Confucius, which recordschronicle of his sayings and doings, memoirs and studied what makes him respectable man without withering until now.
I tried to declare the value Confucius pursues and analyze and suggest how he treat students. That is because problems of assult will be resolved through if teachers try to be respectable ones like in The Analects of Confucius. I analyzed his human characters five categories through values of his pursuits.
Firstly he loved learning. He argued he loved learning more than anyone else. Since he set an aim at the age of five, he aspired learning. He also taught students to think that learning is important and have students strive it during life.
Secondly, he didn't give up though it couldn't be realized. He wants the poor people under continuous war and greedy ruler. Thus, he could come true the dream by teaching students and compiling books.
Thirdly, he tried to live together. He tried to change the world into the one with Tao(道) through politics and teaching.
Fourth, He abhorred 巧言令色(fine words and insinuating countenance, flattery). He was wary of pretentious and hypocritical words and facial expression extremely. He taught that 君子(man of virtue) is the one who practices 仁(benevolence) from small actions.
Fifthly, He was quiet and gentle and broad-minded person. He did not discriminate people depending on births and high or low of occupations. He loved not only poems and music but also birds and fishes in ecosystems.
Confucius led and taught Anyean like son and taught Jaro and followed his opinion. He talked to Jagong warmly and frankly without concealment. He moved students and derived respectiveness from them.
Teachers can overcome some of crisis they go through nowadays. They should provide students with hope like Confucius having 溫故知新(to review the old and learn the new, try to find a guide into tomorrow by taking lessons from the past, take a leaf out of a wise man´s book) mind We should not escape from reality, but live together and improve it. Teachers should take the initiative and set an example instead of speaking words only by putting the right thing.
Assaults of teachers will not happen if we treat students as Confucius treated his students. So, we should treat and lead students affectionately like our children as is Anyean in Confucius. We should influence students, identifying their personality and teaching individually and go along with their opinions indulgently as is Jaro in Confucius. We could solve every problem if we converse humanly and frankly and communicate smoothly as is Jagong in Confucius.