The Importance Of Moral Development In Education

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“There is no greater godliness than to transform yourself with the way, no greater blessing than to escape misfortune” (Tzu 547). Education at a young age reflects upon how the individual learns to behave and work towards a better understanding of the world. Learning is merely an intake of information whereas moral development involved the application of discussion with the process of learning. Moral development is not encouraged in our current education system because some teachers don’t care about the students as much. It is the teacher’s goal to teach and maintain certain morals, however, it is still up to who the person hangs around with.
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The teacher is a factor in a student’s moral behavior in which they are in a classroom together throughout the day. With the recent shift to common core, schools aim to provide moral development, but there is little to no change in providing that style for students. Students are still forced to wake up at a very early time, go to school, listen to the teacher, jot down notes; and the process repeats itself over and over. Students are to speak in discussions in class and are allowed to express their opinions in which there is no right or wrong answer. Thus being said, the students are unaware if their actions are acceptable or not. For example, the presidential election is approaching and a student voice their opinion on who they think is the better candidate but the teacher disapproves of his selection. The student starts to get frustrated and uses profanity, however he isn’t sure if it’s allowed but he did it anyways. It is when in doubt unnecessary to say those words, but it is most likely the student acts the same way he does outside of class and in class. He doesn’t know whether what he did was right or wrong since it’s his way of communicating with the people around him. The school system does not teach the students about the use of profanity and the manners of talking. Without the teachings, the students are going to constantly use profanity towards any actions they

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