Religion within Our Education

In addition, Boyer is correct, we must and shall learn as much as possible about one another and ourselves. That brings us back to religion as the sense of community for one. Most educators take an effective view of student behavior. They do not want young people running around in destructive groups. They do not want them doing drugs, alcohol, or crime. They do not want them teasing others, speaking disrespectfully, withdrawing from their families, or cheating on their schoolwork. So, in order for such things to be prevented, we must develop a moral sense that goes through cooperative learning, discovery methods, active learning modes, peer teaching modes, and methods that give students responsibility for choosing how much to learn, in what way to learn, what parts of a topic to learn , or in what order to learn something. This moral education teaches us good conduct styles, including manners and thoughtfulness. It is about the development of our character, the stable qualities that are revealed in our actions. Frequently, people adopt a simplistic view of morality. …