Docendo discimus

Docendo discimus, (Latin "by teaching, we learn") is a Latin proverb.

Perhaps derived from Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – 65 AD), who says in his Letters to Lucilius, Book I, letter 7, section 8: Homines dum docent discunt. "Men learn while they teach."

Docendo discimus is the motto of the following institutions:

• Diplomatic Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria
• Cherepovets State University in Cherepovets, Russia
• Stranmillis University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• the University of Chichester in West Sussex, England
• Computer Science Department at the American University of Sharjah
• Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington
• Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont
• Gillingham School in Dorset, England
• Novosibirsk State Technical University in Novosibirsk, Russia
• Polotsk State University in Polotsk, Belarus
• Expeditionary Training Group (Navy), Joint Expeditionary Base, Little Creek, Virginia
• Dnipropetrovsk National University in Ukraine
• the Department of Computer Science at the West University of Timisoara
• "Christiaan Huygens", a student club for the exact sciences within the Utrecht Student Corps
• Institute of Clay Shooting Instructors, United Kingdom
• Regulatory Compliance Association, New York, USA
• Hillford Girls Grammar School, Sydney, Australia (fictional school from the series Ja'mie: Private School Girl)
• Educere, Student Organization of Teacher Education Students at La Salle College Antipolo, Philippines
• Seminario Teológico de Puerto Rico, a universal theological seminary in Puerto Rico, USA

References

• Heimbach, Elizabeth. Latin Everywhere, Everyday: A Latin Phrase Workbook. Bolchazy-Carducci: 2004. ISBN 978-0-86516-572-4.
• Stone. Jon, R. The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs, and Sayings. Routledge: 2004. ISBN 978-0-415-96908-6.