The bases of elementary moral education in China and Canada

This comparative study of moral education in China and Canada is based on library research as well as personal experience and observations. It is divided into five parts: (1) a historical description of educational ideology in China before and since the 1949 revolution; (2) a comparison of the modern curricula of the two countries under study; (3) an attempt to define morality; (4) an analysis of the divergent foundations of moral education in China and Canada; and (5) a general discussion of current moral trends.;Deep-seated differences in historical background, socio-economic organization and common value have brought about corresponding differences in moral education. Analysis of these differences carries significant implications for educators in China and Canada, especially as both are questioning the traditional nature of morality in a rapidly changing modern context.