| Moral Education of Youths in the Information Age |
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| 作者姓名： | Leslie N.K. Lo Fang Wang |
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| 作者单位： | [1]The Chinese University of Hong Kong [2]Northeast Normal University |
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| 摘 要： | In Chinese societies, moral education has always been considered the most essential component of education because the nurturing of moral persons is the prime function of schooling. The implementation of moral education has relied on the inculcation of values that reflect moral ideals. The emergence of the Information Age, with a plethora of information and ideas being disseminated instantly through informational technologies, has altered the educational landscape of the world and challenged the conventional approach to moral education. Given this context, we argue that it is important for Chinese educators to find an alternative approach to moral education that can embrace the new realities of our networked world. In this approach, lofty moral ideals should give way to simple and easily understood concepts such as respect, information and ideas in the ＂cyber world＂ should be exploited rather than shunned, and the genuine interests of children and youths should form the basis of moral education that is at once relevant and enlightening. In proposing this approach to moral education, we also assume that moral educators in Chinese societies, which include school teachers, parents, and organizers of nonformal education programs, would endeavor to understand the complex world of cyber realities and devise feasible ways to suit contextual educational needs.
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Moral Education of Youths in the Information Age |
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| Leslie N.K. Lo Fang Wang.Moral Education of Youths in the Information Age[J].US-China Education Review,2006,3(3):1-8. |
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| Keywords: | moral education Chinese education Information Age children and youths |
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