Philosophical Reflections on Evaluation of Moral Education in Kenya
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Date
2020
Authors
Monanda, Stephen Makoyo
Ogeno, Jackton O.
Murira, Francis N.
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Publisher
Contemporary Research Center CRC Publications
Abstract
The study is about evaluation of moral goals of education in Kenya as a necessary condition of the
process of education. It offers a philosophical reflection on how moral goals of education can be
evaluated in an educational context. The study examines education as a process of acquisition of
desirable behavior necessary for harmonious co-existence in a society. In teaching and habituating
learners on desirable moral values, the evaluative process is imperative. Evaluation provides the
opportunity for educators to know whether the set objectives have been met or not. This kind of
feedback thus becomes an important tool in: providing reliable information to interested
stakeholders on character development in schools, reflecting on best pedagogies of teaching moral
education and seeking for remedial strategies in character education. This study relied on the
Aristotelian concept of ‘the golden mean’ as a philosophical theory that could underpin evaluation
of moral education. It was recommended that Aristotelian concept of the ‘golden mean’ could be
applied in a mathematical sense to provide a necessary tool that could help schools in Kenya in
evaluating moral goals of education.
Description
A research article published in International Journal of Education and Research
Keywords
Virtue, Evaluation, Moral Education, Golden Mean, Teaching and Habituation
Citation
International Journal of Education and Research Vol. 8 No. 2 February 2020