ABSTRACT
If it is agreed that education should involve only morally acceptable ways
of teaching, then most people will immediately conclude that it should not
involve indoctrination. ‘Indoctrination’ is a term pregnant with emotive
meaning, and, for most people, it is a condemnatory term. But what is its
descriptive meaning? If prima facie it seems that teachers ought not to indoctrinate, it becomes rather important for them to know what
indoctrinating is. An analysis of what it is to indoctrinate may also help to
explain why it is generally regarded as an objectionable practice.
