Why Johnny Can't Tell Right From Wrong

The ideas touched upon these chapters deals withcan't choose to do something moral if he or she
inability of educators to teach children how todoesn't have the capacity or understanding of
learn and absorb information in a productivemorality. A culture that lack to preserve good
manner. The educational system used a methodhabits preserves bad habits. By demonstration the
that proved to fail time in and time again, calledmoral education is preserved and nurtured. The
the "look-say" method. But, not only does Johnnyvalue clarification approach and moral reasoning
have a problem in the classroom he has astem from different systems, their net effect is
problem outside. His moral education is not beingsimilar. There is a complete neglect of virtues and
addressed in the school.habit formation. Makes no reference to culture or
The shift from character education toculture knowledge. Moral education will fail if it
decision-making model was to introduce studentsdoesn't move towards understanding human
to thinking independently. A contrast, from theaction.
method of being taught to and learning valuesFinally, the underline theme of the final chapter
that were simply handed down to them. Thefocuses on moral education should be free of all
ability to learn that individualism is a key way tosuch emotional conditioning. It should respect the
develop a moral education is important lesson inchild's autonomy and his ability to make
chapter 1. Through the school character educationjudgments independent of his culture. This
is nurtured and developed and it is important thattranslates into the education system. Children
the curriculum accounts for this.learn math, but don't learn how to apply it.
Chapter 5 addresses the path to solid moralLearning about cultures falls into the same
education is through developing good habits orideology. We must teach not just pieces of
virtues. The teaching's of history show the pathcultural history that reflect only a one-sided view.
to a moral education. Aristotle's idea that a personWe must assign equal validity to all cultures.