Teaching Moral Values in Schools

In today's world, most of the children are not aware of morally teachings. They are lack of them.

While in middle school and high school, many of our teachers use to teach us about adolescents and warn us about our hormones and sex, but they never really touch on the topic about our mental change and how moral reasoning would change in such an unnoticeable manner. I honestly believed that I still had the same mind set from high school, until I learned about moral reasoning and watch the video of the three different age groups and it showed each mind set and their moral reason for the situation that was given. After watching that video, I reflected on the memories of middle and high school and realized, that I made a lot of dumb choices that I’m not proud of.

Martin Luther King Jr. once said in “The Purpose of Education,” that “Intelligence plus character – that is a goal of true education.” Good character is defined as a particular feature or quality that is ingrained in a person throughout their lifetime. Character represents many qualities, which separates one person from another. Many parents wish that when their child would grow up, as a caring, and an honest person. Many people argue whether schools should provide character education besides academics. Character education programs are beyond the bounds of what happens in school. Parents are required to participate in order to contribute the same good values the schools are trying to contribute. I agree that schools should teach character in addition to academics, but they should also make an effort in involving the parents. Both the school and parents should uphold the responsibility together. The schools and parents should work together to inspire character strengths in a child.

Many students come to school without a solid moral and ethical foundation because it has not been a priority at home. The lack thereof must not be used as an excuse. Educators must assume the responsibility to be effective caregivers, moral models, and ethical mentors. Successful character education is an integral part of a school’s culture, most effective when the virtues are integrated into the academic curriculum (Dean, 2014).

“Can We Teach Character? An Aristotelian Answer” by Edwin M. Hartman is an incredibly well written article on whether, as the title states, character can be taught. I will attempt to critique this article and illustrate points that may have been excluded, but the article is extremely well rounded. The purpose of the article is to determine whether teaching ethics is worth the time taken, whether students will actually act better as a result. Hartman translates Aristotle’s thoughts well, and overall it is a beautiful piece of writing.

They offer classes for youth that include, summer camps, role model programs, youth fitness programs swim and gym time among many other activities offered. They promote healthy living by providing access to the community to its facility and keeping in mind the needs of each individual when it comes to membership fees so that it is affordable. They also give many lectures on healthy eating, art, and pastimes the community might have an interest in. They show social responsibility by offering programs that partner with local hospitals that focus on diabetes, support groups for cancer patients etc. which makes us aware of the community’s responsibility to take care of these group of people that are the most

Hartman, E. (2006). Can We Teach Character? An Aristotelian Answer. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 5(1), 68-81

They are a warm, caring and vibrant community where they can really say that ‘every child matters’.

As school leaders, we have to hold the public trust and so ethics are such an important part what we do in our school. I think there are a few simple rules and one of them is always to think about what is the best benefit for our students. Our ultimate goal is to provide a safe learning environment where students are willing to learn and improve. If we keep this in our mind, we can hardly go wrong with an ethical question that we face. Ethical challenges need to be confronted with courage and compassion for those who would be impacted by difficult decisions. School leaders are responsible for setting the examples that others would wish to follow.

we see an organization that is looking to bring about change (and in particular growth). The

The organization has several core values including “respect, nourish and protect all living things; understanding will encourage us to take action; every individual has the ability to make a positive difference; open-mindedness are essential to a changing world and integrity and compassion.”

The consequences of not implementing ethical and moral values during the early developmental stages of our children lives can be grave. We have child who are never taught any values, therefore our prisons are full and rehabilitation is just a fancy word in the dictionary for them. They truly know not what they do because they have not been taught. We have children who have got a one-sided view of ethical values; therefore we have corporate corruption,

We reach beyond our walls to engage in partnerships that improve the education and healthcare needs of our community. We invest in the community by continually improving services and broadening our spectrum of care.

This paper is about five important moral values. Personally, I believe that every child should have these moral values because these moral values were vital to me when I was growing up. Basically, I would pass these moral values on to my child, because they are so imperative to have. As the children go through elementary school, middle school, and high school, they will need these essential moral values.

I read five articles on character education. These articles helped me to better understand the importance of character education and useful techniques and methods to teach children values and morals.