The Core Philosophy and Practice Paths of the German Specialized Moral Education Curricu-lum at the Age of Pluralistic Values
The curriculum of specialized moral education in German primary and sec-ondary schools is a kind of value learning,aiming to conduct moral education between value neutrality and value indoctrination in the face of the challenge of multiple values.The phi-losophy underlying the curriculum encompasses rationalism orientation,value orientation,and close connection with students'lives.The rationalism orientation as the philosophy of form emphasizes that learners must independently construct their own values through the process of value transmission,while the value orientation as the philosophy of tenet deter-mines the educational function and fundamental consensus of values.Additionally,the close connection with students'lives as the philosophy of path influences the selection of curriculum content and principles of curriculum implementation.With these philosophies,the curriculum goal of specialized moral education in German primary and secondary schools is to cultivate moral ability based on value consensus.The curriculum content rang-es longitudinally from life experience to theoretical sublimation,and expands horizontally from self to the world.The curriculum implementation is driven by argumentative pedagogy,while the evaluation targets students'moral ability especially their moral argumentative ability to balance the consistency of teaching-learning-evaluation.Additionally,teachers have to improve their moral education ability in various means.The practical logic of the German specialized moral education curriculum reflects the necessity of the transformation of moral education argumentation at the age of multiple values.
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