Moral education : an experimental investigation / by William T. Whitney.

  • Whitney, William T., 1878-
Date:
[1915], ©1915
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Credit: Moral education : an experimental investigation / by William T. Whitney. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER I THE DEMAND FOR MORAL EDUCATION Demand for Moral Education. “The question of moral education is the heart of the modern educational problem.” This statement has been made by prac- tically every sound teacher and thinker who has had the welfare of humanity at heart. The demand for moral training and instruction in the public schools is becoming more determined and persistent. The im- portance of moral training has long been recognized. Its value for the individual and society is receiving the attention that it deserves. The fact that the present generation is struck to a greater or less degree with moral poverty has directed serious thought and ef- fort to provide ways and means to remedy this serious defect in the education of the youth of our land. Character Comes First. Character should occupy the first place and receive first consideration in all training and education of the young. The physical body should receive, if we must place them in the order of their importance, the second consideration, while book-learning should come last. In the scheme, then of values, character and the moral life come first. [1]