is a Latin proverb meaning "by teaching, we learn."
It is perhaps derived from Seneca the Younger ( – 65 AD), who says in his Letters to Lucilius (Book I, letter 7, section 8): Homines dum docent discunt., meaning "People learn while they teach."
Motto Docendo discimus is the motto of the following institutions: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Boss Clinical Education (BossCE), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 911 Tactical Academy, Hollywood, Florida Smolensk State Medical University, Smolensk, Russian federation (СГМУ) Pacific National University, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation University of Defense in Czech Republic Medisch- Natuurphilosophisch en Veterinair- Tandheelkundig Gezelschap “Christiaan Huygens”, Utrechtsch Studenten Corps, The Netherlands Cherepovets State University in Cherepovets, Russia Azerbaijan University of Languages in Baku, Azerbaijan Stranmillis University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland the University of Chichester in West Sussex, England Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont Gillingham School in Dorset, England Novosibirsk State Technical University in Novosibirsk, Russia Oles Honchar Dnipro National University in Ukraine Federal College of Education Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. The Alexandru Ioan Cuza National College, Ploieşti, Romania Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria Saure AS in Norway New York International School Regional Cadet Instructor School (Central) - Canadian Forces Swedish Air Force Flying School Hilford Grammar High School, Sydney USAF, Maintenance Management Analysis, 2R0X1 Newton Bright Educational Consultants, United Kingdom University of Chichester, UK The George Coșbuc National College, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Chicago Coin Club, United States
References
Heimbach, Elizabeth. Latin Everywhere, Everyday: A Latin Phrase Workbook. Bolchazy-Carducci: 2004. . Stone. Jon, R. The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs, and Sayings. Routledge: 2004. .