回归孔子——欧美启发式教学发展的终极归宿

Western heuristic teaching method was originated from Socrates who initiated the teaching mode of “teachers ask, students answer”. A distinctive feature of this mode was that teachers were the decisive factor in the process of teaching and learning, who raised the questions at the very beginning and gave conclusions in the end. On the contrary, oriental style of heuristic teaching method based itself on the principle that students put forward their puzzles and then asked the teachers for advice. Nowadays, a new trend was that western educators regard Confucius as their icon. What attracts western educators most must be the humanism manifested in Confucius’ thinking and the spirit of Confucius’ heuristic method of teaching: that is student is the main actor and creator