Research On American Patriotic Education

The study on patriotism and patriotism education has lasted for a long time in all countries and dynasties.Patriotism education has become indispensable part for national unity,national development and social progress in the world today.At present,the economy,politics and culture of all countries blending with each other in the wave of globalization,the complex domestic and foreign environment has a tremendous impact on our ideological and political education.Under the new world situation,for safeguard national unity and reunification of the motherland,strengthening further our patriotic education,learning from the successful experience of patriotic education from developed countries is an important way to develop ourselves.As the most developed superpower in the world,the United States not only leads the world economical and political,but also has an advanced and perfect scientific system on culture and education.This paper focuses on how the United States to transform the world’s largest immigrant country into the most united and patriotic American nation through patriotic education for its citizens.From the formation and development of patriotic education,concrete practice of educational methods and existing problems,this paper explores the scientific patriotic education methods of the United States and makes appropriate choices and innovations on the educational experience borrowed combing the actual situation of our country to avoid its shortcomings,develop its strengths and promote the development of patriotic education in our country.This paper studies the patriotic education of the United States in five parts through historical analysis,literature research and comparative induction.The first part elaborates the reasons for choosing this topic and the research status at home and abroad,summarizes the theoretical exploration and research achievements of patriotism education by scholars at home and abroad to explain the important issues to be studied in this paper.The second part of this paper firstly summarizes the related theories of patriotism and patriotism education.Secondly,it combs the development history of patriotism education in the United States and studies the necessity of developing patriotism education in the United States.The third part of this paper makes a detailed analysis of the objectives,contents and characteristics of American patriotic education to further explore the essence of American patriotic education by combining the development of politics,economy and culture in the United States.The fourth part describes the specific practice of patriotic education in the United States,and expounds the ubiquitous manifestations of patriotic education in the country,schools,families and society.The fifth part objectively evaluates the American patriotic education.Firstly,it affirms the successful experience of American patriotic education.Secondly,it analyses the existing problems of American patriotic education,which is helpful for our country to learn the lessons and experiences of the United States in the process of patriotic education.