The motto of Beijing Normal University, "Learn to be a teacher and be a model", has been widely circulated among teachers, students and the public since the inscription written by Mr. Qi Gong, and has now become the most iconic "golden signboard" of Beijing Normal University. In the course of 1 15, the motto of Beijing Normal University has undergone several changes, and there is an evolutionary process of brewing, adjustment and finalization. Looking back at this period of history, we can see the responsibility and mission pursuit of Beijing Normal University students who are determined to educate, educate and rejuvenate the country.
Characteristics of school motto: continuing the spiritual tradition of Beijing Normal University. It is in line with the pursuit of "building style" and "taking standards" in the excellent normal period, the ideal of cultivating complete personality in the Beijing Normal University period, and the emphasis on the relationship between words and deeds after the reform. Concise, popular and meaningful. Being able to walk in daily life and take this as the motto is a life goal and career ideal that can be pursued for life. Thirdly, it creatively transformed China's excellent educational tradition and the tradition of learning from others, with distinctive personality and characteristics of the times.
Aiming at the reality of Beijing Normal University, the reality of teachers and students, combined with the requirements of the times, the needs of the country and the mission of the school, the eight-character school motto transcends the traditional cognition of the relationship between morality and ability, the relationship between words and deeds, and the relationship between example and education, vividly and simply explains the school-running concept of Beijing Normal University, and profoundly and meaningfully expresses the fundamental follow-up of the scholarship service for teachers and students in the school.