Moving Towards Care

"Care"is a word full of rich spiritual intension and educational value. Nowadays the study of care in the field of moral education is very hot. From the perspective of educational philosophy, the thesis makes an attempt to tap the deep connotation of care in human beings, education and society. With the penetrating point of care, it tries to observe the inner link between care and education. The thesis attempts to introduce the true idea and essence of care into education so as to solve a series of educational problems, reveal original state of education and display the true color of education.The thesis includes five parts. The first part is to explain why care is necessary. On the basis of social reality and real situation of education, it analyses the two layer of care: loss and reflection, which leads to the spiritual value of care. This part shows that care is a need of time and education, and a practical principle which should be positively carried out in the 21th century. The second part elaborates what care is. From the perspectives of care origin and multidiscipline, it tells the rich connotation of care, expounds the nature and significance of care, and makes appropriate educational and philosophical interpretations of care. The third part mainly concerns the basis on which the idea of care is introduced into education, and shows that care enriches and improves education. Therefore, the relationship between education and care is organized. The fourth part elaborates that how care should be introduced into education from the angle of human beings to seek the original meaning of education, faced with the danger of education far away from its original state, meeting fierce challenge from humanity and being tooled. It elaborates respectively ultimate care, care for life and world, and care for individual circumstances, showing that it is care that is the only way for education to return to its original state. The fifth part deals with how to do in the practice of care, and makes a thorough exploration of the limitation of care. To be concrete, it is about how education should be to let care dwell poetically in education and life. It also concerns the possible problems. In this part, the author puts forward a plan for practicing care in education from the perspectives of the purpose of education, the relationship between teachers and students and the methods of education. Further, it expounds the possible difficulties from the angle of care itself, modern education and social reality. It offers a few commonplace remarks by the way of introduction so that others may come up with valuable opinions. In the part of conclusion, the author puts forward the ideas and thoughts. According to the author, care is essential for successful education; it is the nature and soul of education; education is a type of care in its original sense; education will be stagnant water without care. Our ideal expectation is that students will learn to care for others when being cared for.