MORAL EDUCATION WITH DAILY LESSONS IN ETHICS BY JOHN KING CLARK Principal of Public School No. 23, New York City. Lecturer on NEW YORK THE A. S. BARNES COMPANY Dedication TO THE MANY PUPILS WHO HAVE TAUGHT ME TENFOLD MORE OF THE VALUE AND BEAUTY OF CHARACTER THAN I HAVE TAUGHT THEM, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED PREFACE There appears on all sides a demand for more explicit moral education in the elementary schools. As yet, however, there is no unanimity concerning the subjects to be taught, or the method to be employed. This book is an attempt to solve the problem in a definite and practical way. Part I outlines briefly the science and art of giving ethical instruction and moral training, with a description of practical work in ethical culture. Part II consists of a series of lessons on ethical topics that concern the every-day life of the child: it is written expressly for his comprehension and from his point of view. The two parts together constitute a work on the theory and the practice of ethics. Many have been the faithful but little-known teachers who, from time immemorial, have left their impress, both by precept and by example, upon the characters of their pupils. Moral education is therefore no new thing. As here outlined, however, it is systematized into a plan, and made direct and definite. Suggestions for this work have been gathered from many sources; and materials furnished by others have been selected and utilized. I desire to acknowledge with gratitude my indebtedness to all from whom such aid has come. To none, perhaps, am I more deeply indebted than to my immediate associates in the work of teach |