Research On The Contemporary Value Of Marx’s Educational Thought

By analyzing and criticizing the western educational model,Marx realized that it has great defects.By using the basic viewpoint of historical materialism,and used the basic viewpoint of historical materialism to deeply explore the educational problems,derived established a brand-new viewpoint and ideological system related to education.These viewpoints include that education can help the long-term free development of human society,and it is necessary to establish a link between education and productive labor.The value of these educational viewpoints is not limited to Marx’s era,but still shows its scientific theoretical and practical values in modern society.Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China,the development of China’s education has paid more attention to the combination of Marx’s educational thought with the concrete reality in different stages,which not only enriches and develops Marx’s educational theory,but also successfully solves many problems hindering the development of education,thus creating a distinctive and personalized development route of education with Chinese characteristics in line with China’s national conditions.The great reform of in capitalist society and the needs of the proletariat’s own development have prepared the background conditions for the formation of Marx’s educational thought.Its theory of origin comes from the essence of modern European philosophical thoughts,namely,the educational concepts and related thoughts contained in German classical philosophy represented by Hegel,typical representative of modern materialism represented by Feuerbach and utopian socialism.Its practice comes from the development achievements of capitalist education and its fetters and the great movement of the proletariat for the right to education.Marx’s educational thought has gone through a long process of combining theory with practice from germination to maturity,and gradually formed a rich theoretical connotation,that is,taking human reality as the theoretical starting point and striving to achieve the effect of fair education.At the same time,it pays attention to the effective integration of education and productive labor system,showing the characteristics of critical inheritance,distinct class nature and social history.Marx’s educational thought has its important practical value in China,which is reflected in the concrete historical practice of sinicization of his thought,that is,the combination of Marx’s educational thought with Chinese educational practice in different historical periods has produced relevant educational theoretical achievements on education,and also reflected in the great achievements of China’s educational undertakings in the past 72 years,developing an educational development form with Chinese characteristics,and striving to move toward the goal from "a big country with a large population" to "a powerful country in education".The strategies of adhering to the "people-oriented" educational philosophy,pursuing the goal of educational fairness and guiding the reform of educational system in Marx’s educational thought have important methodological value for the reform and development of China’s educational undertakings in the new era.At present,China’s education is in the deep water area of reform and the crucial period.There are still some problems,such as the uneven ranks of educators,outdated educational concepts,inability to integrate Chinese and foreign education,slow progress of reform and innovation in the field,and difficulty in bringing educational achievements to more people.For these outstanding problems,Marx’s educational thought gives the path and direction choice from several aspects: such as adhering to the theoretical path of scientific guidance of Marxism,the practical path of education priority development strategy,the method path led by the Party’s educational policy,and the goal orientation of education modernization and the strategy of strengthening the country with talents,thus injecting a steady stream of impetus into the achievement of modernization education goals in socialism with domestic characteristics.Under the new era background,a comprehensive study of Marx’s educational thought can not only help us to effectively define the development trend and direction of the future education system,deepen the education reform and innovation,and run the educational cause that the people are satisfied with,but also provide a fundamental theoretical guidance for exploring the educational road of socialism with Chinese characteristics.