Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)

The Moral Education: Literature Review of Its Development from Past to Present

Authors
Jingyi Cheng1, a,*, , Wen Wang2, b, *, , Xuerong Wang3, c, *,
1Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2Beijing Normal University Zhuhai, Zhuhai, Guangdong
3The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

These authors contributed equally.

*Corresponding author. Email: ajche0275@student.monash.edu
Corresponding Authors
Jingyi Cheng, Wen Wang, Xuerong Wang
Available Online 24 December 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.389How to use a DOI?
Keywords
moral education; moral development; K-12; higher education
Abstract

In a broad sense, moral education refers to all activities that purposefully and systematically exert influence on members of society in terms of politics, ideology, and morality. The purpose of this study is to expose Chinese moral education. This literature review synthesizes the paper on moral education from a historical view, pros and cons of moral development across K-12 and higher education. From a historical perspective, moral education in China falls heir to Confucianism ideology, synchronously reconciling the recent national development and situation. The changes are probed in K-12 and universities as moral education. The highlights and limitations in each period will be discussed. In conclusion, moral education in China is at the introductory period, as it intergrades the traditional value meanwhile transfers the new era of moral standards. The moral education in different periods schools from kindergartens to colleges are diverse in terms of moral purpose. Finally, this paper intends to provide the implications in policy, practice, and research regarding morality practice.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
24 December 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-495-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.389How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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