The Moral Education Thought Of Cai Yuanpei And Its Practical Significance

Cai Yuanpei(1868-1940) is an famous democracy revolutionist, great educator and outstanding education thinker in our country. Cai Yuanpei made contributions to the education in the near modern China, Chinese revolution which can't obliterate. The people praised him as"respected master", Mao Zedongcalled him as "educational circles person of distinction, human model". The modern age in China was filled with perplexed, flippancy and nastily , in this social background, Cai Yuanpei pondered calmly and examined Chinese traditional morals thought, putted forward melted the western culture with ours to develop a new morality, and he was also the first person who carried on this aspectfulfillment. We can say, moral education thought occupies a very important position in Cai Yuanpei's whole systems of thought. Cai Yuanpei with his special position in the modern age of China, becoming the figure whom numerous Chinese and foreign scholars pay attention to.As early as 80's in last century, Professor Jin Linxiang and Gao Pingshuresearch his theory together. However, academic circles research Cai's theory still mainly itself. Owing to above-mentioned circumstance, this thesis selects the angle of its realistic meaning, discussing its formation background, theory system and its construction to today's education to give it an objective evaluation.This text takes Marxism philosophy and the education principle as a guide,firstly study systematically completely its ages background and subjective condition, the creation of any theories all refract a society of ages and the cultural background, this one is not exception, of course this thought cannot gets away from himself too and can not gets away from inheriting anddeveloping other theories; Secondly thoroughly research its content systemand spirit substance,it mainly includes: the position, the target for teaching, the contents, the principles and the methods. The moral education's system covers every aspect to became a integrity system. It provides us beneficial basis to research; Finally on this foundation, according to moral education's b asic principle of inheriting good tradition and improvement innovation combine together, discuss its modern value as strengthening and improving political education and university construction. It includes : respecting the students in the education; persisting in the process making people in the center inteaching; improving moral education contents and promoting student's character of overall development etc.In a word, this text is from a new angle of view to research Cai Yuanpei's moral education theory, discussing it systematically completely, and putting it into our today's moral education, then carrying out theories to shine on a realistic purpose.