Morality In Education

The current status of the United States as an "immoral" society has a direct correlation to the lack of serious attention given to moral education in the classroom. Morality, and what constitutes morality education, is a topic of concern for parents as well as educators. Morality, as a term, incorporates the social, economic, and political biases of the society that defines it. Morality instruction tries to enlist training that will create a more "humane " human. Morality, as a serious subject of education, began in the early stages of civilization. In ancient cultures, morality education was an important part of the curriculum. In classical times, the educational systems of the Greeks and Romans showed an integration of morality, or morality-based instruction, in their programs of study. As Christianitybecame a _ way of life attractive to the "intellectuals and prosperous upper classes, " the first known "catechetical " school of Christianity was founded in Alexandria. The curriculum expanded fro