Moral Education Association: The Communicative Essence Of Modern Moral Education

The practical approach of communication is the essence of the spirit of the time. The introduction of it into education jumps out of the opposites between subject and object in education theory, thus exerting a deep influence. This thesis, under the guidance of communication approach, attempts at introducing communication to moral education, probes education theory research from the view of people' s mutual relations, effect, and from the philosophical grounds of singing high praise for people's life character.Part I: Due to communication, the thesis examines and introspects the traditional moral education. Theoretically, the opposite mode of subject and object in traditional moral education will cause an unequal position between teachers and students, that is, teachers are in the place of dominance while students, losing their agent position, are consideied as existing matter, and neglect students' inner nees; Practically, it also makes the moral education isolated from physical world, and overlooks the significance of individual life, which is a kind of metaphysics.Part II: The implications of moral communication are difined and the characteristics are analyzed, such as, democratic communication based on equal mutual understanding, daily communication, feeling experrence between teachers and students and individual communication. Moral education is divided according to different standards to seek the ideal type for moral communication.Part III: Two aspects employed to reveal the modern moral essence includes: firstly, moral communication is a unfolded process of teacher-student relations; Secondly moralcommunication is a mutual process of virtue improvement based on mutual understanding.Part IV: The appropriate education strategy essures the effective performance. Moral education should comply with the following principles: humanism, activity, democracy and equality and make diologue the basic means of moral communication.