Research On Moral Education Of Elementary School Students Based On "Ritual Activities"

The Outline for the implementation of Citizen morality states:"Carrying out the necessary etiquette,manners and polite activities plays an important role in standardizing people’s demeanor."Several Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Further Strengthening and Improving Ideological and Moral Construction of Minors,and the Notice of the Ministry of Education on Vigorously Strengthening the Construction of Primary and Secondary School Cultures all clearly pointed out that such activities as entrance ceremony,graduation ceremony,Young Pioneers-joining ceremony and grow-up rites,it has an important special significance and is a valuable resource for ideological and moral education.According with the cognitive characteristics of good imitations and the law of moral development of pupils,ritual activity is an important way to cultivate the good moral quality of primary school students.At present,most of researches on school ritual activities focus on the value and significance of ritual activities,etc.However,there are few researches on how to carry out ritual activities to cultivate the moral quality of primary school students.This research attempts to explore the specific way of implementing moral education of primary school students based on "ritual activities".First of all,this paper analyzes relative researches both at home and abroad by literature study.Then,it clarifies the concept,type and structure elements of ritual activities,and analyzes the value of moral education in ritual.Next,the observation and interview are designed in several primary schools in Z province to understand the specific implementation process of moral education of elementary school students based on "ritual activities".And then the general operating procedure of moral education of elementary school students based on "ritual activities" is combed through theoretical analysis.Finally,this paper puts forward the basic conditions for carrying out the moral education of elementary school students based on"ritual activities".According to the research ideas above,this paper is divided into six parts.Introduction part mainly talks about research origin,significance and research design,and summarizes the previous research literature on this field.Part one discusses the concept of ritual activities of primary schools and the value of moral education of ritual activities of primary schools.It defines what is ritual activities of primary schools and analyzes the value of moral education of ritual activities of primary schools in this paper.Part two analyzes specific categories,elements and hierarchies of institutionalized and non-institutionalized rituals in detail.Part three discusses the operating procedure of moral education of elementary school students based on "ritual activities".Based on the practical activities,the general operating procedure of moral education of elementary school students are constructed,including preparation,design,implementation,evaluation and expansion.Besides,it explains the objectives,tasks and contents of each stage in detail.Part four is about the basic conditions of moral education of elementary school students based on ritual activities.It contains creating environment atmosphere,creating professional team,perfecting rules and regulations and integrating activity resources.In limitations and prospects of the research part,the deficiencies and limitations of the research are analyzed.What’s more,the idea of further research in the future is put forward.