Osuji Peter I
Med Law. 2015 Sep;34(1):229-250.
The traditional Igbo moral education is a system of education that occurs in the context of the family and community, and taught to the child, at a very early age, through taboos, myths, riddles, jokes, proverbs, and through stories that often feature animals and birds. The traditional Igbo moral education emphasizes character formation, communal values -solidarity, relationships, and relational autonomy. Since the advent of the Western system of education, there has been a rush to adopt the Western method of moral education, thus, abandoning the traditional Igbo method. This repudiation along with other factors has resulted in the growing apathy to moral education and moral laxity in Igbo-land and in Nigeria in general. There is a need to recover and incorporate some sound aspects of our traditional moral values and moral education methods into the modem system of education in Igbo-land. This integration will aid in immensely ameliorating the current situation of moral decadence, and enrich the current quality of moral education.
传统的伊博族道德教育是一种在家庭和社区环境中进行的教育体系，在孩子很小的时候，通过禁忌、神话、谜语、笑话、谚语以及经常以动物和鸟类为主角的故事来传授。传统的伊博族道德教育强调品格塑造、社区价值观——团结、人际关系和关系自主性。自西方教育体系出现以来，人们急于采用西方的道德教育方法，从而抛弃了传统的伊博族方法。这种摒弃以及其他因素导致伊博兰乃至整个尼日利亚对道德教育的冷漠日益加剧和道德松弛。有必要恢复并将我们传统道德价值观和道德教育方法的一些合理方面纳入伊博兰现代教育体系。这种整合将极大地有助于改善当前道德堕落的状况，并丰富当前道德教育的质量。
