Key Idea Identification…
The key idea of this week’s lecture and reading is about the history of moral education. A key concept is that there have been many attempts at incorporating ethics and morals into the education system of America. There were many reforms to the education system in order to better teach ethics and morals in the public schools. The system that is currently being employed, which is reliant on the public schools to teach morals, is “problematic” (Ellis, 2011). This system is reliant on ‘experts’ to teach morals, instead of being reliant on families and communities. In my own classroom, I do feel that it is my duty to teach morals and expect my students to be respectful citizens. I also feel that family and community involvement can strengthen the values and virtues my students learn at school.
References
Ellis lecture, Alternative Ideas, 2011 & Ellis, Emile Durkheim in the Context of the American Moral Education Paradigm, 1998
