Philosophical Interpretation of Dewey's Moral Education Thought and Its Implications for Moral Education in Chinese Schools

Abstract

Under the background of the new curriculum reform, school education increasingly emphasizes the central role of students and focuses more on cultivating students' abilities rather than just "pure knowledge." The same applies to moral education in schools. Traditional school moral education is showing growing signs of inadequacy in the context of the new curriculum reform. It is urgent for moral education practitioners to address the inefficiency in school moral education and analyze the underlying problems. This paper attempts to start from Dewey’s moral education philosophy, focusing on the core ideas of his philosophical thought, and proposes an "interdisciplinary moral education" strategy based on the current situation of school moral education.