Class management, as the core field of primary school education, faces the inherent tension between cultivating collective spirit and promoting individuality development. The traditional management model often falls into the dilemma of "emphasizing discipline while suppressing individuality" or "advocating freedom while losing order", which restricts the all-round development of primary school students. Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory and Dewey's progressive education theory, this study adopts the methods of literature review, case study and questionnaire survey to explore the balancing path of collective spirit cultivation and individuality development in primary school class management. The research finds that the imbalance between collective spirit and individuality in current class management is manifested in three aspects: the alienation of collective goals, the lack of individual participation channels, and the one-sidedness of evaluation criteria. To solve these problems, this study proposes a "three-dimensional balanced strategy system" including environmental support, process guidance and evaluation guarantee, and verifies the effectiveness of the strategy through specific case analysis. The research shows that the organic integration of discipline and empowerment can not only shape a positive class collective, but also stimulate the individual potential of students, thus realizing the educational goal of "Lide Shuren".

Yanfang Xiong. The Balancing Strategies of Collective Spirit and Individuality Development of Primary School Students in Class Management. Socio-Economic Statistics Research (2025), Vol. 6, Issue 2: 136-143. https://doi.org/10.38007/SESR.2025.060214.

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