An Analysis Of New Character Education Movement In America

Due to the rising crime rate of teenagers in social groups and schools,American government realized that nation's success in 21^st lies on teenager's good culture and moral code.Since 1980s,the New Character Education Movement came into vogue in middle and primary schools in America.It drew good aspects from every kind of moral education theory in the base of Traditional Character Education in 1920s and 1930s,then became a moral education and practical mode with unique characteristics which provided a instructive revelation to international school educational reform.The urges of the New Character Education Movement in America believe that the public morality still exist now in the ethical value multiculturalism days.So they trust that cultivating teenagers revolving around the core values is the essential of social development. The New Character Education laid emphasis on the positiviness and directness,it requests teachers to play an active role in the education process.It also demands that schools work in conjunction with communities and parents to cultivate students to have good morality,study for the purpose of application and keep an appointment to behavior in good manners.This article contains four parts.In the first part,it gives an introduce of the background of the New Character Education Movement in America and do vertical explorations on history. Then discusses the tradition and transform of the New Character Education Movement,so as to reveal the origin and value of it.The second and third parts are the principal parts of this article.In these section,it gives comparatively explorations of the New Character Education Movement in America,then discusses the content,the characteristics and the nature through the theory and the practice aspects.In the last part,the article gives a consideration and judgment of the New Character Education Movement in America,expounds the enlightment that the New Character Education Movement shows.