Details of what teaching is

Today we will talk about what instruction is. This term can be considered in a narrow sense, and in a broader sense. Different sources offer slightly different interpretations. And today we will consider the main of them.

Literature

In order to understand what teaching is, let us turn to the literary encyclopedia. According to this source, in a narrow sense, the term implies a church sermon. If we talk about what a teaching is in literature, it should be noted that this didactic statement is addressed to readers. The source calls this phenomenon a sermon, decorated in the tradition of oratory.

Education

Now let's see what kind of answer to the question about what such teaching is, offers the benefit of VS Bezrukova. Under the title "Fundamentals of Spiritual Culture". This source claims that it is a method of educating a person, a way of transferring experience from previous generations, which consists of advice, edification and precepts of a moralizing nature.

Other interpretations

In some sources the "Instruction" of Agapit is mentioned. Speech in this case is about one of the Byzantine "Mirrors", instructions to the ruler. Translations of this document have spread widely in Ancient Rus, Western Europe, and among the southern Slavs.

Great value also has "The Instruction of Vladimir Monomakh." This is a literary monument dating back to the 12th century. It was written by Vladimir Monomakh, the great prince of Kiev. The "Librarian's Pedagogical Dictionary" also mentions this document. There it is called a monument of pedagogical thought. In the "Russian Pedagogical Encyclopedia" it is stressed that the "Instruction of Vladimir Monomakh" consists of 3 parts, which were originally completely independent.

Now let's turn to the Encyclopedia of Mythology. This source calls "Teachings" the literary and didactic works of Ancient Egypt. Most of them are clothed in the form of the father's instruction to his son. This genre developed already in the time of the Old Kingdom. Mentioned Ancient Egyptian teachings and in the "Soviet Historical Encyclopedia." It says that these are literary didactic works. They are a valuable source for a detailed study of the views of the inhabitants of ancient Egypt on various aspects of human existence.

Now let's look at what definition the "Russian Language" edition gives. It calls this term literary didactic works of Ancient Egypt. So we figured out what instruction is.