美国公民道德教育核心问题的探讨及其启示

美国公民道德教育对于维护美国的社会制度和促进社会发展具有重要作用。美国公民道德教育是建立在“美德可教”和“德育主导”理论基础之上的，它充分肯定了具有达到资格要求的德育教师的重要作用，提出了具有自己特色的教育内容和方法。对其进行借鉴对于改进和完善我国的思想政治教育具有重要的促进作用。

Core Issues of Citizen Moral Education in USA and Their Enlightenment to Us

Citizen moral education plays an important role in maintaining the social system and promoting social development in the USA. The theoretical basis guiding this work is the beliefs that ＂virtue can be taught＂ and ＂taking moral education as the dominant factor＂. Qualified teachers of moral education play an important role and they are allowed to choose education contents and adopt education methods on their own. Learning from their successful experience in this respect may improve and perfect the ideological and political education in China.