On page 6 of the Democracy and Music Education Book, "It was up to individual children to develope their moral and ethical character through their own efforts. The role of the school and teacher was to create and maintain a social and intellectual environment should look like Dewey was reluctant to say". Should we as teachers aid students in their goal of developing moral and ethical character? Are students good enough role models, or does there need to be some type of help?
posted by Theresa Milano @ 2:17 PM
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I think that students do need role models other than their peers to help guide them to having good morals and ethics. Of course their parents can do a much better and more in depth job of this than any educator can or should. However, sometimes it is the case that children are not guided by their parents because they are not around much or they are guided but not necessarily in a good way, or for many other reasons. It is important for students to learn morals and ethics at school because school is such a big part of their life and sometimes the only place they experience "the world" outside of their home. I don't think that it should be something that is dwelled upon, however. Morals and ethics can be taught by example, which would teach the students how to act in certain situations without them knowing that they are learning. Also, if certain situations between students arise, the teacher then can certainly talk about it with the class. Morals and ethics should not be taught as a subject simply because I'm not sure if students could learn them that way. It seems to me that morals and ethics are learned better indirectly through experiences and observations than directly with a teacher presenting information, "right" from "wrong."
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