Today we will talk about what teaching is. This term can be considered both in a narrow sense and in a broader sense. Different sources offer slightly different interpretations. And today we will consider the main ones.
Literature
In order to understand what teaching is, let us turn to the literary encyclopedia. According to this source, in the narrow sense, the term implies a church sermon. If we talk about what such a lesson in the literature, it should be noted that this is a didactic statement that is addressed to readers. The source calls this phenomenon a sermon framed in the traditions of oratory.
Parenting
Now let's see what the answer to the question of what is the teaching is offered by Bezrukova V.S. titled “Fundamentals of Spiritual Culture”. This source claims that this is a method of educating a person, a method of transferring experience from previous generations, which consists of tips, edifications and instructions of a moralizing character.
Other interpretations
Some sources mention the “Instruction” of Agapit. In this case we are talking about one of the Byzantine "Mirrors", instructions to the ruler. Translations of this document are widely distributed in Ancient
Russia, Western Europe, as well as among the southern Slavs.
Of great importance is also the "Teaching of Vladimir Monomakh." This is a literary monument dating back to the 12th century. It was written by Vladimir Monomakh, the Grand Prince of Kiev. The Librarian’s Pedagogical Dictionary also mentions this document. There it is called the monument of pedagogical thought. The “Russian Pedagogical Encyclopedia” emphasizes that “The Teaching of Vladimir Monomakh” consists of 3 parts, which were originally completely independent.
Now turn to the "Encyclopedia of Mythology." This source calls the "Teachings" literary and didactic works of Ancient Egypt. Most of them are dressed in the form of a father’s instruction to his son. This genre has developed already in the days of the Old Kingdom. Ancient Egyptian teachings are also mentioned 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 publication “Russian Language” gives. It calls this term literary didactic works of ancient Egypt. So we figured out what teaching is.