The role of volunteer participation: Theory and practice in teacher morality education program

The National Education Congress in China (2018) proposed that teacher morality should be of the top priority in teacher evaluation. However, in real life, teacher morality anomie happens frequently, which has attracted the attention of society. The quality of professional teacher morality education of normal university students is related to the future development of teachers’ morality. For a long time, normal universities in China have conducted teacher morality education program based on the theoretical curriculum, which makes the curriculum of teacher morality education become a mere formality. Some normal universities pay little attention to practical education of teacher morality and lack guidance for problems concerning practice in the process of teacher morality education. The practical teacher morality education in the real sense cannot be really implemented, and normal students cannot experience the sense of responsibility and confidence of the future teacher career through the practice of teacher morality education. Moreover, practical teacher morality education is not involved in the evaluation system of student education in normal universities. The absence of practical education in teachers' morality leads to unfavorable outcome of teacher morality education. This article explores the intrinsic relationship between volunteer participation and teacher morality education in altruism, clarifies the ways in which volunteer participation plays a role in teachers morality education of normal university students, together with the way volunteer participation affects cultivating students' sense of responsibility and tempering their moral will. This article aims to find ways to improve the practical education of teachers’ morality for normal university students.