Physical Education and sports have long been regarded as important mediums for the development of moral character and behavior since morality and its development have been a major concern of school. It is generally agreed among school teachers and pra...
Physical Education and sports have long been regarded as important mediums for the development of moral character and behavior since morality and its development have been a major concern of school. It is generally agreed among school teachers and practitioners that much progress have bean made in thinking about and studying ethical and moral matters in education and physical education. Muck of writings done by leading scholars in physica1 education remind us to not be so exclusive in our rightful concern about the unique contribution of physical education in dealing with moral and charater education through the subject matter. The purpose of the paper is to review selected literatures in moral education and to give guidelines and theoretical instructional models for teachers and practioners in schools. Throughout the chapter in the paper, Kohlberg’s cognitive-developmental approach to moral development is discussed, besides the other approaches to moral education. Reviews and discussions in greater depth are made with four areas of considerations to development of the programs in moral education: (a) nature of moral dilemmas, (b) nature of the environment (c) role of the teachers and (d) instructional stragegies Guiding principles and models based on Kohlbergian techiques of moral education are also given far school teachers and practionners in physical education.