OUTLINEContentsTHE MORAL PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOLMoral ideas and ideas about morality1Moral education and direct moral instruction3THE MORAL TRAINING GIVEN BY THE SCHOOL COMMUNITYThe unity of social ethics and school ethics7A narrow and formal training for citizenship8School life should train for many social relations9It should train for self-direction and leadership10There is no harmonious development of powers apart from social situations11School activities should be typical of social life13Moral training in the schools tends to be pathological and formal15THE MORAL TRAINING FROM METHODS OF INSTRUCTIONActive social service as opposed to passive individual absorption21The positive inculcation of individualistic motives and standards23The evils of competition for external standing24The moral waste of remote success as an end25The worth of active and social modes of learning26THE SOCIAL NATURE OF THE COURSE OF STUDYThe nature of the course of study influences the conduct of the school31School studies as means of realizing social situations31School subjects are merely phases of a unified social life32The meaning of subjects is controlled by social considerations33Geography deals with the scenes of social interaction33Its various forms represent increasing stages of abstraction34History is a means for interpreting existing social relations36It presents type phases of social development37It offers contrasts, and consequently perspective37It teaches the methods of social progress38The failure of certain methods of teaching history39Mathematics is a means to social ends40The sociological nature of business arithmetic41Summary: The moral trinity of the school42THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT OF MORAL EDUCATIONConduct as a mode of individual performance47Native instincts and impulses are the sources of conduct47Moral ideals must be realized in persons48Character as a system of working forces49Force as a necessary constituent of character49The importance of intellectual judgment or good sense50The capacity for delicate emotional responsiveness52Summary: The ethical standards for testing the school53Conclusion: The practicality of moral principles57
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