An analysis of the educational situation in East Germany after World War II

I. Moral Education in German Primary and Secondary Schools After World War II, Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany, and the traditional moral system in Germany was severely damaged, and the educational decentralization system in West Germany was restored. In order to train qualified German citizens, Germany has carried out many reforms in education, forming the basic framework of the current German education system. In terms of curriculum, the Federal Republic of Germany teaches moral education as a regular course, while maintaining the original religious content, it adds political education, environmental education, peace education and other contents. It is expected that through moral education, teenagers will take the initiative to care about state affairs, participate in social affairs and become qualified German citizens in practice. Second, the current situation of moral education in primary and secondary schools in Germany (1) The moral education goals in primary and secondary schools in Germany have different goals in different periods, and the moral education goals in different regions are also different because of the post-war educational decentralization system. However, the Federal General Education Law still stipulates the overall moral education goal of the school: "In a free, democratic and welfare legal society, cultivate students to be responsible for their actions." ② According to this overall goal, various regions in Germany have formulated more specific training objectives, which mainly include: (1) cultivating students' good moral quality. Starting from the actual situation, through moral education, students can form good ideological quality and behavior habits, understand the importance of moral quality such as honesty in life, and correctly handle the relationship between individuals and others and the collective; (2) Cultivate students' awareness of rules. Make students understand various basic codes of conduct and consciously abide by them in activities. (3) Cultivate patriotic sentiments and enhance students' civic awareness. Enhance students' national self-esteem and pride through moral education, make them actively integrate into social life, and cultivate patriotic sentiments in practical actions. (B) Content of moral education in primary and secondary schools German primary and secondary schools require students to "have the necessary ideological quality and behavioral norms, so that they have the dedication to developing social life and science and technology." In order to achieve this goal, German primary and secondary schools have set up corresponding moral education courses to promote moral education in primary and secondary schools, mainly in the following aspects: 1. Religious content begins in September! -Necessary materials for school moral education-School work, management of class teacher's work and management of students' work In Germany, religious education has always been regarded as the top priority of moral education, and religious courses are an important part of school education courses, which also legally guarantees the legal status of religious courses in schools.