1, directional principle, directional principle is the fundamental principle of moral education in socialist schools, which requires that school moral education must adhere to the four basic principles, put firm and correct political direction first, and cultivate students' scientific world outlook, outlook on life and communist moral quality;

2. The principle of unity of knowing and doing, which means that in the process of moral education, the education of ideological and political concepts and moral norms is combined with participation in social practice, and the improvement of students' ideological understanding is combined with the cultivation of good behavior habits, so that students can become people whose words and deeds are consistent;

3. The principle of fostering strengths and avoiding weaknesses, which means that in the process of moral education, we should rely on and carry forward students' positive side, limit and overcome students' negative and backward side, make the best use of the situation and cultivate students' self-education ability;

4. The principle of combining strict requirements with respect for students, and the principle of combining strict requirements with respect for students means that in the process of moral education, strict requirements for students' thoughts and behaviors should be combined with respect, trust and care for students, so that teachers' requirements can be easily transformed into students' conscious behaviors;

5. Combination of collective education and individual education.