依法执教,就是鼓励教师在坚实的法律基础上,大胆地施展自己的专业才华。2011年颁发了《高等学校教师职业道德规范》(以下简称《规范》),对高校教师的“职业道德”进行明确定义和严谨规范。结合《规范》的内容和要求来看,高校教师的职业道德就是指所有高校教育工作者在从事高校教育工作中所应当共同遵守的道德行为、道德准则、道德观念和价值观念。本文探讨了高校教师的“职业道德”及其重要作用,浅谈了对“依法执教”的正确认识,以甘肃省高校教师的工作情况为例,分析了教师在执教工作中遇到的现实困境,最终对高校教师的“职业道德”对“依法执教”的促进作用进行了精要概括。 Coaching in accordance with the law encourages teachers to boldly display their professional talents on the basis of solid laws. In 2011, the “Code of Professional Ethics for College Teachers” (hereinafter referred to as the “Code”) was issued to clearly define and strictly regulate the “professional ethics” of university teachers. Combined with the content and requirements of the “norms”, the professional ethics of college teachers refers to all the ethical behaviors, moral principles, moral values ​​and values ​​that all college educators should abide by in carrying out higher education. This article probes into the “professional ethics” of university teachers and their important functions, and discusses the correct understanding of “teaching according to law”. Taking the work of university teachers in Gansu Province as an example, To the real predicament, and finally summarizes the promotion effect of the “professional ethics” of college teachers on “teaching according to law”.