构建社会主义和谐社会,是我国新时期的一项重要战略决策。和谐社会的基本特征是民主法治、公平正义、诚信友爱、充满活力、安定有序、人与自然和谐相处,也是社会经济、政治、文化、教育的协调。百年大计,教育为本。构建和谐社会有赖于构建和谐教育,使得社会通过人的素质的提高变得更加和衷共济、和睦相处、和谐有序。构建和谐教育,既是构建和谐社会的题中应有之义,也是广大教育工作者孜孜追求的目标。一、和谐教育是一种民主法治的教育 Constructing a harmonious socialist society is an important strategic decision in the new era of China. The basic characteristics of a harmonious society are democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, honesty and fraternity, dynamism, stability and orderliness, and harmonious coexistence between man and nature. It is also the coordination of social economy, politics, culture, and education. Education is the foundation. The construction of a harmonious society depends on the construction of a harmonious education, so that society can become more cooperative, harmonious, and orderly through the improvement of human qualities. Constructing harmonious education is not only the right thing to build a harmonious society, but also the goal pursued by the majority of educators. First, harmonious education is a democratic and legal education