Moral Principles In Education

Although it was written at the beginning of the 20th century, “Moral Principles in Education” is still relevant to education today. John Dewey is probably most famous for his work in education at the University of Chicago and his founding of the University of Chicago Lab Schools. Dewey contents that it is still necessary to teach 'morals' (not in the dogmatic sense) in order to cultivate the minds of all students. The teaching of morals (almost always indirect) helps to create a sense of community, integrity, knowledge, power, and personal satisfaction within a student. The student learns to cultivate his or her own beliefs about the world, the community, his peers, etc. As Dewey touches on in the book, the sense of 'moral education' has been declining in America since the Depression; however, the moral aspect of education cannot be separated from the mimetic aspect, so it seems detrimental to students to try and pull the two apart.

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