THE TEACHER AS A MORAL AGENT: A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

This study examined philosophically the teacher as a moral agent. Findings from the study revealed that the teacher is a person who is specially trained in knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, in a formal training institution to teach or impart same to the learner in the most acceptable ways. The study also revealed that besides the parents who should take the responsibilities in building their children' morality, teachers also play certain important role as the moral agents that promotes moral development and transmits the moral values for the students. Thus, acknowledging the importance of the role of teachers as moral agents, the study recommended among others that teacher education should include education in moral and aesthetic values that will assist in the moral development relevant to the needs the society.