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賞罰訓練品德…孩子難有品

【聯合報╱記者曾懿晴／台北報導】2009/11/2

教育部日前推動有品運動，期望藉此提升學子品德。中央大學學習與教學研究所研究員周育如強調，若強行用賞罰訓練孩童作出合乎品德的行為，卻不傳達其中內涵，「就如同聖誕樹上的裝飾，只能外掛。」

My comments: I couldn't agree more. That is why students still need teachers to set up a lot of rules to regulate them when they have reached the age of 16 or even above. This has always been something I can't understand. If students have learned to tell right from wrong by being disciplined, why do they need others to always remind them? Can't they just keep to the right track they have been put on? If they can't, it means they haven't learned.

看到師長要敬禮、在家要替父母分擔家事等，都是大家從小被灌輸應有的作為。周育如指出，師長以賞罰方式逼迫孩子要有禮貌，雖可在短時內看到成效，但若孩子不懂內涵，頂多只是表面功夫，無法自然養成有禮貌的生活態度。

台北大學助理教授林維能認為，國內談品德教育多半強調外在服從或道德表現，卻忽略內在是否理解認同，長期下來成效不彰。若能藉遊戲、音樂、戲劇等方式多元教學，學生更能從中體會。

「桃園縣新屋國小小六生因受到電影長江七號影響，得到人窮至不窮的觀念。」台北護理學院生死教育與輔導研究所助理教授吳庶深說，清寒學童馬小弟弟在路上撿到5萬元，因周星馳劇中台詞印象深刻而拾金不昧。「藝術更能有效幫助孩子將品德內化為生活態度。」

My comments: The arts inspire instead of luring or intimidating kids.

台灣彩虹愛家生命教育協會日前委託周育如，進行台灣學童自我概念調查，發現相較於同儕、師長影響，台灣中高年級國小學童受父母的影響更深遠，父母表現出來的態度更是學童形成自我概念的基礎。

My comments: There is no denying that parents are children's best teachers. Reading also contributes a lot to moral education. Just imagine how someone would behave if he/she has internalized a main stated in the book Peaks and Valleys: get out of ourselves and do more for others.

若將台灣家長的管教方式區分為民主型、溺愛型、權威型及忽視型四類，調查顯示，遭父母忽視的孩子，成長過程中可能產生的負面殺傷力最大。

周育如說，民主管教下的孩子在各方面對自己的評價最好，權威管教下的孩子認為父母仍舊愛自己，雖然表達方式嚴厲，卻認同父母出於善意。