Nigerian society today exhibits symptoms of serious moral malaise. Current approaches to moral education in Nigerian schools are inadequate to cope with this moral crisis. It is argued that a consequentialist approach within the framework of an integrated approach to moral education should be adopted. (Author/RM)

Teacher education institutions in Nigeria play an important role in meeting the demands for positive value orientation. Value orientation is described as the inculcation of moral and ethical values that can establish a distinction between right and wrong, good and bad, truth and falsehood, and justice and injustice in social relations. It is…

Nigerian children experience moral education from the family, neighborhood adults, peer groups, and the community through direct instruction, observation, and unconscious absorption of moral lessons. They learn that gods and ancestors are sources of human morality. The introduction of Western religion and education encourages the young to pursue…