Education Science ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 44-50.

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Good Morality and Pivotal Morality: Reflections on the Professional Ethics of Primary School Teachers

Li Min   

  1. College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037,China
  • Received:2020-04-19 Online:2020-07-15 Published:2020-08-26

Abstract:

It is a task for the professional development of primary school teachers to reveal the content of professional ethics of primary school teachers in our country from both the practical path and morality. At present, the good moralities of primary school teachers are scattered in various educational laws and policy texts at all levels, which constitute one of the rich forms of professional ethics for primary school teachers and are more of a moral contract for society. The moral excellence in the various texts is fragmented, pluralistic and variable, and the consideration of the good of means takes precedence over the care of the inherent good. At the same time, we followed the path of ethical derivation, using the unity of goodness in means and the inherent goodness as the significant criteria searching for a kind of moral status more stable and funda mental. This study found that “love” and “justice” are two critical moralities that form the basic and supportive contents and forms of professional ethics of primary school teachers.

Key words: good morality, pivotal morality, primary school teacher, professional ethic

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