Research On Patriotism Education Of Tibetan Schools

Patriotism education is an important content of ideological and political education in schools. Highlighting patriotism in school education and carrying on patriotism education are significant ways of disseminating socialist core values and simultaneously, they are the guarantees that help to assure the safety of state ideology. Recently, the stability and solidarity of Tibet area are constantly suffering from challenges in all directions due to the persecution of international anti-China forces, which has exerted a detrimental influence on people’s everyday life, the normal religious activities there and it has even posed a threat to Tibetans’ life safety. Under the circumstances, aside from consistently promoting economical development in Tibet, our government should, at the same time, lay emphasis on protecting and insuring political stability and ideology security of the Tibet area. Patriotism education in Tibetan schools is supposed to be paid comprehensive attention and given enough research. Generally speaking, patriotism education is an important part of theory and practice of education in our country, and it is also the essential measure of establishing core values in Tibet. Strengthening the reform of patriotism education in Tibet area is not only the pressing need of establishing, enriching and perfecting the educational theory system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, it is but also the practical pursuit of constructing harmonious socialist society and enhancing a common development and prosperity of all nations.Based on the above facts, this research firstly trys to quest the inner connotation, the theoretical basis and historical figures of patriotism, and then analyze current values of patriotism education in our country on the basis of patriotism’s theoretical foundation and the current state of patriotism education in Tibet. And it also aims to penetrate the political foundation and cultural basis of patriotism education in our country, and at once look into historical reasonableness of patriotism education in Tibetan schools by elaborating on the new era meaning, the core values and contemporary characteristics of patriotism education. Secondly, the thesis intends to seek the historical logic about patriotism education of Tibetan schools and search the unique and obvious cultural and political reason by exploring Tibet’s history of culture and politic. Thirdly, by analyzing the current situation of patriotism education in Tibetan schools, it attempts to analyze the challenges with which patriotism education is confronted and the existing problems from different angles, including political, cultural, national and democratic. Finally, it trys to construct the ideas, the contents and procedures that patriotism education of Tibetan schools is upholding under the new der zeitshintergrund, and it also puts forward the innovative ideas and concepts of patriotism education in Tibetan schools. Specifically, this research comprises the following several parts:First, the research analyzes the connotation and extension of patriotism and interprets its history, political meaning and cultural characteristics from various theoretical perspectives. And it emphasizes the complicate relationship between patriotism and nationalism, clearly analyzes perceptual patriotism and rational patriotism, narrow nationalism and universal cosmopolitism. It also analyzes the internal meanings and values of patriotism education in Tibetan schools in virtue of the theoretical background of liberalism and liberal nationalism.Second, on the analysis of political and cultural background of patriotism education’s uniqueness in Tibetan schools, the thesis analyzes the historical background and social foundation of patriotism of the Tibet area, describes the history and future development of Tibetan school education by mostly adopting the theories of national sociology, national culture and so forth. And on the above basis, this thesis analyzes the social role that patriotism education plays in Tibetan schools and its value orientation.Third, On the basis of understanding the educational development of Tibet schools,By comparing with the tradition and reality of Tibet national education.Analyzing the improvement and enhancement of Tibet national education deeply after the founding of New China, at the same time,understanding the purpose/content/form and efficacy of patriotism education in Tibet schools deeply by means of survey and field interview. Analyze the Current situation and facing problems of patriotism education in Tibet area through the survey results.Marxist educational principles considers that the development of education as well as external politics/economic factors are interrelated and mutual checks, moreover,education plays a secondary role.The political organization/political connections/political law and political ideology formed on the social economic base constitute certain political system.The certain social’s political system as well as economic system form the basic system of the particular society. And it is the basic factor that affecting the development of education.Meanwhile,the cultural tradition also have a profound impact on the effectiveness of education.The development and implementation of patriotism education in Tibet schools will be inevitably influenced by the economical, political and cultural progress there. Conversely, the problem of latter is just the challenge of the former.At last,integrating with new age background, explore the reasonableness and effectiveness of Tibet patriotism education from national political and national culture perspectives.Thus Analysing the general direction and outcome of patriotism education in Tibet。Finally, Studies show that due to historical and cultural tradition of Tibetan people as well as Social features of Tibet region,performing patriotism education here is not pure ideological education or culture Salon socialist,still not political instillation,it should be quality education that combine economic life/cultural tradition and political system. That integrating people’s subjective emotion and objective understanding,reconsidering on the basis of emotional experience,thus understand the relations between the individuals and the society and the collectives truly,establish their historical culture and social politic identities,know about their civil rights and civil duties. Acquiring widely recognition of Nation-state in political and economical meaning that on the basis of having deep felling toward Nation-state in cultural meaning,safeguard the national interest and dignity consciously at last.On account of the theory arrangement above,facing many existing problems and challenge, patriotism education in Tibet schools should innovate and create in guiding ideology/education content/educational approach and so on,so as to building the patriotism education system full of times features and actual efficacy.