Research On Amy Gutman's Democratic Citizenship Education Thought

People have been discussing and studying the topic of democracy all the time.When the existing political system can't satisfy people's demands for democracy,they will continue to explore new forms of democracy.In this context,deliberative democracy is produced.It gives all citizens the power to discuss and negotiate the public affairs of the country,and in order to achieve deliberative democracy,Amy Gutman sets it as an educational goal,criticizing the current malpractices of democratic education from the perspective of democratic education.It introduces the educational form of cultivating democratic citizens,explains the necessity and rationality of deliberative democracy,and also makes Gutman a representative figure of Western deliberative democratic education.This paper mainly studies Amy Gutman's democratic civic education thought.Therefore,it mainly starts from the social background of her educational thoughts,summarizes and summarizes the relevant theoretical basis,and introduces the content of Gutman's democratic civic education thoughts.It mainly involves the nature of education,educational goals,educational methods,educational principles,the distribution of educational authority,and the problem of resource allocation in the basic education stage.Based on this,it analyzes the advantages and significances of its educational thoughts and sorts out the The democratic education in the basic education stage has merits for reference.In a multicultural context,Amy Gutman views the democratic system that exists in American society in a critical way.She believes that these democratic systems have various defects.Therefore,Gutman is absorbing Western consultations.On the basis of democratic thoughts,aiming at specific problems in the real world,a complete set of democratic civic education ideology has been established,which explains in detail the essence of civic education in a democratic society,and also sets new educational goals,that is,training has consultation Citizens of skills and democratic morality,and in the process of achieving this goal,follow the principle of non-repression and non-discrimination,that is,do not suppress citizens' opportunities for rational thinking and deliberation on different lifestyles,and do not deprive any child of becoming a democratic citizen's right.She believes that in a democratic country,the authority of education should be shared by the state,parents,citizens and vocational educators.The arbitrariness of either side will affect the child's free choice of a good lifestyle.In addition,Gutman also pays attention to the practical aspects.She has carried out a profound analysis of the public school financial support problems in the basic education stage,the education problems of the disadvantaged groups and the school integration,and promoted the basic education stage.She believes that the traditional way of distribution does not really make up for the difference between school and school,between school and individual,and even between individual and individual,so she proposed a more democratic distribution method.It makes the process of democratic civic education.Amy Gutman's democratic civic education thought can be used as a reference for us to implement democratic education in the basic education stage.It is helpful to help relevant researchers to think deeply about the education of democratic civics in China,and also to accelerate the teaching process in primary and secondary education.The practical exploration of promoting democratic education.