Progression And Implications Of Japan's Moral Education In Its Education Reform

Japan has launched several large-scale education reforms since Meiji Restoration in 1868. The first education reform added Moral Course to school moral education and focused on cultivating Japanese moral character, viewing western education models and contents. The second after World War II executed intellect-oriented education to catch up with and surpass the West, resulting in the severe phenomenon that teenager moral lied waste since 1980s. The third again put moral in the first place of school education. At the beginning of 21st century, Japan started a new round of education reform, focusing moral education on moral character, ability and comprehensive quality. The purpose is to cultivate Japanese who can engage in international affairs and to bring up qualified talents for the new century.In the new century, our moral education has also confronted severe challenges. With the coming of international and informational era, plenty of information rich in contents and diversified viewpoints has rushed in and challenged our outlooks on the world. And our values have been pounding at by the pluralistic and utilitarian Capitalist economic values. Therefore, teenager moral education has attracted the attention of the whole society.It has been found in this thesis that Japan's moral education gain benefits from the overall control and the great support of its government and active adaptation to the development of society is its prominent feature. Considering their experiences and lessons and combining with our factual situation, the author has come up with some suggestions on constructing multi-channel and all-aspect moral models in our universities fit in with the social development in the new era.