On The Moral And Moral Education In Schools

The practical approach of communication is the essence of the spirit of the time. The introduction of it into education opened a new horizon for the development of the education theory. Education becomes a special form of human communication, and the relation between communication and education becomes clearer and clearer. However, the problems of how the communicative approach to education will have an effect on the moral education and what kind of relation will lie between communication and moral education, or, to put it in another way, after the introduction of communication into education, moral education in schools will undergo what changes and reforms, pose before us.This thesis, under the guidance of communicative approach, examines and introspects the traditional school moral education, and introduces the concept of "moral communication". Based on this, the thesis discusses the features of the moral communication and several problems in the school moral communication.Introduction: The basic issue of morality is a matter of interest. The beginning, proceeding, and the handling of interest are all realized through people's communication activities. Therefore, the research of moral education and the moral activities should start from the communication between students and other people. Thus, from a communicative viewpoint, moral theory finds its new starting point. From a communicative point of view, the traditional moral education is characterized of a one-way communication. It is exactly this characteristic causes the loss of the student's agent position in the traditional moral education. It also makes moral preachment a necessity, and makes the moral education isolated fromthe world of everyday life.Part I: The crux of the problem in traditional moral education lies in that it is a one-way communication. Based on this, after probing into the emergence and development of morality and moral needs, the thesis proposes the concept of moral communication, a two-way spiritual communication, and studies its implications and characteristics.Part II: The school moral communication, being a special form of moral communication, has its own characteristics, such as directivity, exemplarity, emotivity, inspirativity, stability and consistency. From the aspect of communicative agent, school moral communication can be divided into five types, each embodying rich educational contents.Part IE: The appropriate education strategy ensures the effective performance of school moral communication. A democratic, free, and equal atmosphere of moral education is the prerequisite; the proper handling of the relations between justice and interest is one of the basic problems in school moral education; the experience and reflections of students in the process of communication should be paid great attention to; the mutual understanding and dialogue between agents in the process of communication should also be enhanced; and, finally, school moral communication should be aimed at the student's practicing of moral life and the unity between school moral education and the world of everyday life.