Outline
THE MORAL PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL
Moral ideas and ideas about morality 1
Moral education and direct moral instruction 3
THE MORAL TRAINING GIVEN BY THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
The unity of social ethics and school ethics 7
A narrow and formal training for citizenship 8
School life should train for many social relations 9
It should train for self-direction and leadership 10
There is no harmonious development of powers apart from social situations 11
School activities should be typical of social life 13
Moral training in the schools tends to be pathological and formal 15
THE MORAL TRAINING FROM METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Active social service as opposed to passive individual absorption 21
The positive inculcation of individualistic motives and standards 23
The evils of competition for external standing 24
The moral waste of remote success as an end 25
The worth of active and social modes of learning 26
THE SOCIAL NATURE OF THE COURSE OF STUDY
The nature of the course of study influences the conduct of the school 31
School studies as means of realizing social situations 31
School subjects are merely phases of a unified social life 32
The meaning of subjects is controlled by social considerations 33
Geography deals with the scenes of social interaction 33
Its various forms represent increasing stages of abstraction 34
History is a means for interpreting existing social relations 36
It presents type phases of social development 37
It offers contrasts, and consequently perspective 37
It teaches the methods of social progress 38
The failure of certain methods of teaching history 39
Mathematics is a means to social ends 40
The sociological nature of business arithmetic 41
Summary: The moral trinity of the school 42
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT OF MORAL EDUCATION
Conduct as a mode of individual performance 47
Native instincts and impulses are the sources of conduct 47
Moral ideals must be realized in persons 48
Character as a system of working forces 49
Force as a necessary constituent of character 49
The importance of intellectual judgment or good sense 50
The capacity for delicate emotional responsiveness 52
Summary: The ethical standards for testing the school 53
Conclusion: The practicality of moral principles 57