On The Educational Thought Of Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping Thought on Education is an important component of Deng Xiaoping theory. It's the guiding thought to the development of our socialist education cause at the new period. It has been formed and developed in the practice of reform and development of education cause with Chinese socialist characteristics, and it's the theoretical result of the development of the educational cause from over twenty years.This paper analyzes the forming process of Deng Xiaoping thought on education. Education is the backbone of socialist cause, the"three-faces"is the guiding thought, the school running direction and the goal students cultivation are the core, respecting knowledge and respecting talents are the essential parts, reform and development are the drive, strengthening the power of the Party leadership and paying enough attention to education are the key points to do education well, these above six aspects are concluded and further discussed. That science and technology are the first productive forces is elucidated, education must be put in the first place for development, the socialist school running direction must be persist in, the 3 faces must be adhered to, the"four haves"new talents must be cultivated, the peoples'overall development must be promoted, the teaching faculty number must be enlarged, so as to form a good ethos such as respecting teachers, respecting education, respecting knowledge and respecting the talents. Deng Xiaoping thought on education enables us to realize profoundly that education is the foundation for the construction of socialist modernization, the integration of education with production and labor promotes the development of productive forces, presently, the world is at the time of knowledge economy, the competition among countries lies after all in the competition of education, therefore, major efforts must be made to develop education cause in order to improve the cultural quality of the whole nation, and the comprehensive national strength.It is a modern one with Chinese characteristics, which is not only based on reality that reforms and developments are in need to Chinese educational cause, but also contributes to realize the modernization of Chinese education, involving the developments of various areas in politics, economy, culture, and technology. It has a distinct feature of time, overall situation, practice and people. It enriches and develops the educational theories by Marx and Mao Zedong thought on education, it opens a new era in our educational history, promotes Chinese educational cause advances and the economic development of the socialist modernization. So, it has both the theoretical and the practical significance.