Research On Tao Xingzhi's Moral Education Thought Of His Life Education Theory

As a great educational thinker,Mr.Tao Xingzhi initiated a series of landmark educational practice activities in the history of modern Chinese education on the basis of a deep understanding of Chinese culture,social reality and Dewey's educational theory,creating a novel and practical life Educational theory.Moral education thought is the core of his life education theory.The combing and analysis of Tao Xingzhi's moral education thought has important theoretical significance and practical value for moral education in contemporary China.On the basis of criticizing traditional education,life education theory reexamines the relationship between knowledge education and emotional education,and proposes the educational concept of unity of knowledge and will,unity of wisdom and courage.From the perspective of moral cognition model,the standard of moral judgment is to satisfy the moral subject Concerned about "the world is public" under the premise of reasonable desire.From the deduction of moral emotions,taking moral subjects as self-love as a premise,cultivating empathy for others through moral practice,so as to derive the object of "love" into the people and the country.From the perspective of cultivating moral will,moral will has two trends: good and evil.By using the truth knowledge and experience gained in moral practice,a moral attitude can be used to make moral choices,so as to do what is desired.From the perspective of cultivating moral behaviors,a useful concept of virtue is formed through the practice of collective life,cultivates the consciousness of the moral life of moral subjects,and promotes the awakening of the self-discipline and other consciousness of moral subjects.Tao Xingzhi's ethical presupposition in his life education theory is the generated self and conscience.Based on the innate nature of morality and the generative nature of the self,the theory guides the self and life to generate a good relationship.The process of life education is to awaken people.The ego finally towards true men or true women.The second ethical presupposition is that "good life" is a virtuous life.The combination of moral behavior and actual moral scenarios cultivates a flexible moral ability that enables moral subjects to learn actively and promote their own virtue to be wise and move towards an ethical community.The ethical level of life education theory is carried on the path of traditional Confucianism.The ethical entities of life education theory are self,school,country,and world.Life education theory regards school as an intermediary ethical entity,building a bridge between individuals and groups,so as to reasonably incorporate self into the social ethical order.Finally,individuals and groups become a symbiotic relationship,individual good and community good are consistent.The ultimate concern of life education theory is to move from self to true men or true women.Secondly,life moves to ethical community.On the basis of awakening the moral subjects,collective education and creative education build an ethical community Society.Because that the ethical community is the unity of moral value and knowledge value,self-value and social value,material value and spiritual value.The moral subject obtains the possibility of going from heteronomy to self-discipline.