In countries other than Canada, schools are used to accomplish four goals: manpower development (to develop skills needed to implement national policies); cultural survival (to prevent the loss of indigenous culture or language); social priorities (to accomplish social goals); and political purposes (to disseminate propaganda). In Canada, the…

Posits that, by pursuing certain unattainable goals, educators have lost public credibility; and argues that, since schools are for learning useful knowledge, they ought to make their major efforts in the cognitive domain. (Author)

The fourth R--reasoning--is prerequisite to successfully coping with life and its attendant and inevitable problems. (Author)

Major concepts embodied in moral development literature are reviewed. (MJB)