The Essence And Purpose Of Happiness Education

Happiness is the goal that people pursue forever.There is a deep connection between happiness and education.However,today’s education is gradually moving away from happiness,and our happiness education can combine happiness with education.Happiness education is the unity of skopos theory and process,teleology and methodology.The connotation of happiness education is not only one aspect,but a concept of relative integration.After defining the concept of happiness education,the author further follows the theoretical origin of happiness education and helps to understand the connotation of education.Through the understanding of the relevant connotation of education theory of happiness,we can see the essential connotation of education of happiness: the perfection of human nature and the existence of spirit.The perfection of human nature includes: virtue,freedom,and life.The perfection of virtue is the perfection of human nature;"Free me" contains the soul of freedom and the line of individuality;"Living life" contains two dimensions of teacher’s life and student’s life.The existence of spirit,as the foundation of happiness,includes the existence of teacher spirit and the spirit of teachers and students.Only by mastering the essence of education,can we truly grasp the main content and core soul of education.Today our education is the education of alienation,which contains the alienation of teachers’ happiness and the alienation of students’ happiness.The teacher becomes the confused person in the moral cage,the toiler under excessive load,the actor with mask and the monologue of emotional communication.Nowadays education makes students become "adhesive copies",causing the lack of students’ lives.These realities make us reflect on the necessity of happiness education.To promote happiness education,the most important is to make clear the education of happiness education purpose,through the analysis of the nature of happiness education and present situation analysis,draw happiness education goal of education is the formation of personality,personality is happiness ability and power of unity.Happiness is the eternal goal that people pursue.Personality is a relatively stable psychological feature,and the common happiness personality is the eternal and ultimate goal of happiness education.After understanding the current situation of education alienation,and clarifying the education purpose of education,how to make the essence of education return and practice the education purpose of happiness education? By cultivating the humanistic spirit,the practice of "free me" and "living life",returning to life,realizing the "two harmonious unity" these practice achieve the return of the nature and purpose.