The Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Moral Education Programs focusing on Community Service among the U.S., China, and Japan

世界道德教育的新潮流是在使儿童参与区域社区活动的同时，在学校教育的地方培养他们的社会意识和道德意识。在对日本和中国这两个儒家社会规范在剧烈的社会变革中逐渐消失的国家的儿童道德行为进行对比分析时，我发现老师、父母、朋友等与儿童的人际关系对儿童的“遵守规范”态度有重要影响，并有助于这两个国家儿童“礼貌参与”行为的形成。此外，在美国，通过为促进儿童参与社区服务的教育事业而建立的机构，大量的国家预算得到了补贴。儿童在社区中的实际服务和参与被视为培训和培养公民责任的重要手段。

The new current of the moral education in the world is progressing in the direction of making children take part in activities of regional communities, while training them to cultivate social and moral consciousness in the place of school education. When making the comparative analysis of the children's moral behavior of Japan and China where Confucian social norm is fading in the radical social change, I found that the human relationships of a teacher, parents, a friend, etc. with children have an important effect on a child's "norm observance" attitude and contribute to the formation of a "courtesy participation" behavior in these two countries. Moreover, a large amount of national budget in the U.S. has been subsidized through the agencies built up for an educational business that promotes participation of children in the community services. The practical services and participation of children in the community is valued as important vehicles for training and cultivating civic responsibilities.