Classroom teaching is a life-practice in which both teacher and pupils engage and bring in their authentic and living experiences. Classroom teaching should be seen as a period of life-experience that is a meaningful component of the lives of both teachers and students. However, this is not how teaching is seen in most pedagogical and educational theory, teacher education, and in Chinese classrooms, and this perception inhibits reform. What must be understood to facilitate a view of teaching as a life-practice? [This article was translated by Hueih-Lirng Laih.]