Perceptions of teachers about moral education in Trinidad and Tobago

Abstract

Part I of this article presents teachers' perceptions about moral education, which emerged from responses to the following questions: 1) Who should be responsible for moral education? 2) How should moral education be done? 3) Does moral education involve reasoning and/or behaviour? 4) Should moral education be a separate course or part of an existing course? and 5) What resources and services are needed in order to carry out moral education? Part II presents a selection of responses to another question: What one main, crucial question or comment is uppermost in your thinking about moral education?