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There are people who question moral education as a "should we or shouldn't we" issue. Focusing on America, there are so many who believe that the people of America, our leaders, and our followers, are morally inept. So, the question in my mind does not have to do with whether we should teach ethics and democratic values to our students, but how we should. How can be decide which morals to teach, and how do we do it in a way that is not didactic or obvious to our students. It is true that music in itself is an ethical undertaking, but in a general music classroom where many students are just not interested, how do we decide which lessons will be valuable to those students and which lessons we should leave to the music.
posted by Liz @ 6:26 AM
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Liz, although this is probably frowned upon, I believe that we teach our students morally by example. That does not mean we need to discuss religion or anything like that, but the primary method of showing our students moral living is by example. No matter what subject we are teaching, we can always advocate moral living by the way we live. Aside from that I suppose we can teach democratic ideals and morals in the way we conduct the classroom and the way we treat the student-teacher relationship. If we give each student a voice and in turn expect all students to acknowledge others' voices I believe that these morals will begin to sink in.
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