The Research On Education Of Ecological Happiness

In recent years, material life and cultural literacy of people in our country gets a maximum rich, also with that for the pursuit of spiritual life level increases.However, it also stirs up utilitarianism, individualism and hedonism among people, along with the market economy brings about social progress of our country. Occupying material wealth ceaselessly, running after becoming famous ceaselessly and asking for natural resources ceaselessly become the default of life philosophy of many people. This kind of view of happiness which is lack of pursuing spirit is not only caused the increasing deterioration of the ecological environment, but also make people continuously bear the pain of missing the meaning of life and alienating of human nature. Based on this, ecological happiness which is beneficial to ecological environment protection and meet the requirements of human has been constructed in the era of ecological civilization. Ecological happiness is accompanied by the ecological requirements which comes about along with the progress of the human practical ability. Obviously,the education of eco-happiness is in accordance with the requirements of current socialist modernization construction and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,so it also becomes an important content in the field of ecological civilization construction. Based on the marxis’crack to the happiness theory of the alienation of people and natural, logically started with the reality person’s practice, we study the theory of eco-happiness. Furthermore, we regard the eco-happiness educations as an important content of ideological and political education so that we can study its connotation and essence, theory basis and reference, content and value, method and path, etc.Ecological happiness is a kind of happiness which people obtain through the practice of understanding and reforming nature, people in natural science cognition, ecological emotional experience, moral character, ecological aesthetic realm and the process of healthy lifestyle. This kind of happiness mainly include the satisfaction of curiosity and thirst for knowledge in the process of understanding natural ecology,the experiences of physical and mental pleasure in the process of closing natural ecology, the virtual improving in the maintenance of natural ecology,the sublimation of ecological aesthetic realm while enjoying the natural ecology and a healthy lifestyles developed in the protection of natural ecology. However, the view of ecological happiness is a basic opinion and general view held by people in regard to ecological happiness. This article is based on the practical materialism philosophy. After putting forward the connotation of ecological happiness, we mainly revolve around the "connotation and essence of education of eco-happiness ""value significance of it" "resource reference of it" "its content" "its method" and "its path",discussing in turn in that six aspect.Part 1. connotation and essence of education of eco-happiness.Education of eco-happiness is for all citizens. It regard the relationship between human and ecology as main line to explore, the basic level of ecological theory and the deep level of eco-happiness as the structure. Based on this, education of eco-happiness is for all citizens -- a wide range of social groups. According to the cognitive level, emotional state, moral qualities and lifestyle of different citizens, it aimed to guide people to set up scientific cognition of natural ecology, the natural ecological leisure feelings, the natural ecological moral norms and the natural ecological aesthetic feelings in a planned way,eventually formed an outlook of natural ecological happiness. Its essence is to advocate the practice of a kind of unconscious, balanced, simple way lifestyle suited for ecology. It has the characteristics of subjectivity and objectivity, personality and sociality as well as the unity of purposiveness and regularity.Part 2. value significance of education of eco-happiness.This part is mainly based on the three aspects:the meaning of ecological happiness on education include instrumental value, humanistic value, the functional purpose of the implementation. Ecological leisure and ecological consumptive education which included by the education of eco-happiness can reduce the damaging and plundering to the natural ecology, which emboies the ecological value of ideological and political education in the ecological civilized field; They can release the pressure of the human spirit and redemption of materialized pain, reveal the humanistic care of ideological and political education and embody the need of human paradigm to study; Furthemore, the education of eco-happiness has the meaning of promoting the practice of ideological and political education in aspects of optimizing the natural environment of ideological and political education, enriching the content system of ideological and political education, exerting the resultant force of ideological and political education.Part 3 resource reference of education of eco-happiness.The scientificity, the depth and the rationality of eco-happiness outlook is the basis of internalizing the education of eco-happiness. Based on this ,the resource reference of education of eco-happiness stems mainly from a better understanding of the theory of ecological happiness. Marxist outlook of the education of ecological happiness has found the theoretical basis for which it is in accord with needs of the development of human social practice, the pursuit of people’s free all-round development and the comprehensive scientificity of dialectical unification;Western marxists as foster and William Leiss give an important reference value for the education of eco-happiness about solving ecological crisis by moral revolution and happy dimension as well as the theoretical and practical exploring to environmental virtual ethics by western environmental virtual ethics; Chinese traditional culture mixed by Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism gives profound national cultural foundation to the education of happiness by the ideas of the harmonious unity between the human and the nature.Part 4 the contents of education of eco-happiness.Combined the characteristics of the Chinese citizens’ daily life and the connotation of eco-happiness, we confirm the contents of education of eco-happiness as the education of ecological cognitive view of dialectical materialism, of the free ecological leisure view,of moderate ecological consumption and of harmonious ecological aestheticism. Ecological cognitive view of dialectical materialism education can help citizens understanding the relationship between human and nature, people and self body and mind correctly. Free ecological leisure view education can make people feel the charm of nature and obtain the spiritual pleasure and relaxation. Moderate ecological consumption education can make people free from the state of being enslaved and improve personal happiness in the exercise of moderate personality. And harmonious ecological aestheticism education can make people improve the aesthetic of the natural image, natural art and natural humanization so that we can form a belief of harmony between man and natural beauty.Part 5 the method of education of eco-happiness.As an important content of ideological and political education, the education of eco-happiness should draw lessons from the method of traditional ideological and political education such as theoretical educational method, practical education method, typical education method and self education method. Besides, ecological happiness also has its own special method:ecological experience method, capitalize on the trend and method of moral imagination. Based on the ecological practice of emotional people, ecological experience method is a way which awakens the ecological potential, understands complex contradictory relationships between their inner world and outer world constantly. Capitalize on the trend is a method which guide people by the different understanding ability personality, and the focus in different groups. Using moral imagination is a method which uses individual moral imagination, exert individual empathy, prophetic ability and imaginative ability. The several methods play an significant role in cultivating ecological cognition, ecological leisure, ecological consumption and ecological aestheticsPart 6 the path of education of eco-happiness.The education of eco-happiness can not live with out the influence of social environment such as school education, family environment, community environment, mass media, non-governmental organization and the government organizations which has a greatly effect on the education of eco-happiness. Therefore, exploring the education of ecological happiness from these aspects is the best choice. The guides from school educator is the key of education to the teenagers by expanding course construction, optimizing the ecological environment of school, carrying out the theme practical activities,etc.;Influence of family and community is the foundation of ecological happiness, the former is the starting point for children and the later is the platform of cultivating ecological happy consciousness for community; The propaganda from mass media is very important to expand the influence of the eco-happiness.therefore, we need to ensure the correct guidance of values propagandized by mass media and the innovation of the methods and contents; Environmental influence of Non-governmental organization intensify the education of eco-happiness; supports from government such as policy guide and support, sound public participation system of environmental protection, is the guarantee of the education of eco-happiness.