Enlightenment of Singapore Takeaway on Moral Education in Primary and Secondary Schools

Singapore's enlightenment to moral education in primary and secondary schools is as follows:

First, pay attention to the cultivation of national consciousness.

Paying attention to the cultivation of national consciousness is the need for Singapore to unite people and build a rich and powerful country. 1965 Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Singapore was under British colonial rule for a long time and was occupied by Japan. 1959 after the implementation of autonomy, it belonged to the Federation of Malaysia. People changed their allegiance and affiliation from Britain, Japan and Malaysia to Singapore and the country, which led to confusion in people's identification with the National Government. At the same time, Singapore is an immigrant country.

Immigrants from Chinese, Malays, Indians and other nationalities constitute a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-valued Singapore resident, who has a strong sense of national identity with their original country of residence.

Therefore, cultivating national consciousness is an important strategy for governing Singapore. 198 1 year, the national leader Lee Kuan Yew put forward the idea of "one nation, one country, one Singapore", emphasizing that all citizens should be guided to get rid of the shackles of different races and religions through civic education, and the idea that I am a Singaporean should be established, so that these immigrants and their descendants can gradually give up their old sense of national identity and belonging, thus generating a sense of identity and belonging to Singapore and China.

In order to strengthen the education of national consciousness, Singapore has taken strong measures. Goh Chok Tong, the first deputy prime minister at that time, suggested that in order to instill the national consciousness that I am a Singaporean in the whole people, we should upgrade our values to national consciousness and teach them in schools, workplaces and families to make them a guide to life. Lee Hsien Loong, then Minister of Trade and Industry and Second Minister of National Defense, said that if we want to avoid being overwhelmed by Western values, we must have our own national consciousness.

At the same time, carry out effective educational activities to cultivate national consciousness. Every day, the school holds a flag-raising ceremony, sings the national anthem and recites Letters and Commitments: We are citizens of Singapore, and we pledge to unite and build a fair and equal democratic society regardless of race, language and religion, and work together to realize the happiness, prosperity and progress of the country. In order to cultivate students' strong national consciousness and universal rational values unanimously recognized by all ethnic groups. At the same time, students actively participate in the national awareness week education activities arranged by the state.

Second, pay attention to personal moral education.

One of the important reasons why Singapore attaches importance to moral education in primary and secondary schools is to prevent Singapore from becoming a pseudo-Western society and prevent young people from becoming pseudo-Westerners. Singapore learns from the advanced experience of the West in the process of industrialization, but Singapore leaders clearly see that the West advocates individualism and puts individual interests first, while the East attaches importance to collective interests and emphasizes that individuals obey the collective.

Therefore, Singapore's leaders emphasize learning from the west in technology, sticking to the east in values, and taking the eight virtues of Confucianism as the key to governing the country.

According to the five common values of this thought of governing the country: the country is supreme and the society is the first; Family as the root and society as the foundation; Care and support, respect for individuals; Seek common ground while reserving differences and negotiate knowledge; Racial harmony and religious tolerance.

These five values are the general program of school moral education, and its moral education goal is the idea of putting national interests first and loyalty to the motherland first. Starting from the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious reality in Singapore, Singapore has determined the values that can be accepted by all ethnic groups in the country, that is, the integration of all ethnic groups and social classes.

The Singapore government attaches great importance to creating a national moral education environment, which provides good external conditions for ideological and moral education in primary and secondary schools. There are about 20 national social moral education activities, such as Neighborhood Week, Courtesy Week, Loyalty Week, Respect for the Elderly Week, National Awareness Week, Tree Planting Campaign and Love for God Campaign. Singapore's Ministry of Education stipulates that students must choose to participate in certain extracurricular services in order to cultivate their awareness and habits of serving the society and strengthen their good character of being kind to others, helping each other and loving each other.

Social reward standards consistent with the requirements of school moral education content are implemented throughout the society, and students can get extra extracurricular activities or commemorative badges when they participate in community work. Under the impetus of the government, the school also carries out activities such as helping others, being responsible for others, caring and sharing, cooperative health, etc., including the good friend plan, caring and sharing plan, clean environment plan, etc., to provide services for children's welfare homes.

Third, pay attention to the cultivation of innovative ability.

Singapore is a country lacking in natural resources, and even drinking water has to be imported from neighboring countries. The only advantage lies in the development of human resources. Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has repeatedly emphasized the important role of national quality in economic development. He repeatedly cited the achievements of economic development in Germany and Japan after World War II as examples, explaining that the success of economic development in these two countries lies in the high quality of people.

Therefore, Singapore has always been committed to cultivating good citizens, and regards cultural construction, that is, the cultivation of good citizens, as the supporting force of economic development and as the social foundation of a good government and a good society.

Spare no effort to popularize and improve citizens' educational level, scientific and technological ability and moral level, implement a comprehensive civic moral education and training program in the whole society, seek to give full play to individual potential and ensure social collective welfare, especially instill love for freedom, truth and justice, respect for basic human rights and accept a democratic lifestyle; Cultivate habits and attitudes that can cultivate adaptability and creativity, social responsibility and loyalty to the country, as well as various abilities of economic construction. This is a profound ideological basis for Singapore to attach importance to the cultivation of students' innovative ability.