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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    PREPAC. The Federal and State Constitutions forbid that in- struction in religion shall be given in the public schools. They permit, however, moral instruction. The moral instruction allowed in the schools may be given as courses in ethics or moral training, and ethical judg- ments may be formed from the study of the several subjects contained in the school curriculum. It is also believed that moral training is received as a result of the habits formed in following the prescribed school life and its work. It is acknowledged, however, that such training and instruction is incidental, and like the incidental method of teaching spelling, the results secured are not sat- isfactory. Morality in its practical sense is the con- duct of the individual in society. Moral instruction and moral training, therefore, must be social and must be rooted in the social instincts if right motives and right conduct result. The emphasis must be placed upon the ideal and the idea of service. There are two distinct phases of moral education — moral training and moral instruction. Moral train- ing is the more important in the early life of the in- dividual. Moral instruction should create right ideals, provoke the right attitude, and result in habits of right action through opportunity given by the organi- zation of the school and the recitation to provide that [ iii]