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Title:: China’s Road to the Exploration and Transformationof Moral Education Theory from 1949 to 2019

Keywords:: China since 1949; moral education theory; moral education discourse system; transformation ofmoral education

Abstract:: Over the past 70 years since 1949, China’s moral education theory has experienced severalmajor changes, e.g. from the early stages of following Soviet mode to developing Chinese own style afterthe rupture of Sino-Soviet relations; and from the ten years’ stagnation in the Cultural Revolution to theinnovation since the reform and opening up. That is, the research of moral education has made steady progressand modernization in twists and turns. Since the beginning of the new century, Chinese academics in moraleducation have continued to do research on the basic theory of moral education, and paid more attention tothe local context and educational problems to develop new ideas, paths, and methods of moral education,producing a batch of original and practical modes of moral education and showing the academic dynamicsand innovation due to academic pluralism and openness. Looking into the future, Chinese moral educationtheories will be deepened and expanded in the exchange and interaction between Chinese and western moraleducation thoughts, and gradually construct moral education theories with Chinese characteristics in thenew era, so as to realize the cultivation of people with an all-round development in morality, intelligence,physique, aesthetics and labor.