Constitutional Education: The Core of German Political Education

Abstract

The connotation of contemporary Germany political education involves all aspects of history, politics, economy, and society, but its core is education about constitutional knowledge and constitutional awareness. The concept of constitutional education runs through the history of Germany modern political education. “Constitutional patriotism” is the basic theory of contemporary Germany political education. In practice, people should establish the goal of political education on the basis of the constitution, carry out school political education on the basis of constitution, and select the social undertaker of political education on the basis of the constitution. Constitutional education is the core of Germany political education. Its essence is to obtain the public’s approval of bourgeois rule and to maintain the capitalist constitutional system. The experience of German constitutional education has certain enlightenment significance to China’s ideological and political education and constitutional education: we must attach great importance to constitutional education, strengthen the teaching of school constitutional education, and form a joint force of social constitutional education.