Moral values can be effectively inculcated among students when the teacher

Moral values are inculcated most effectively when the teacher himself practises them, since a teacher is a role model.

Learners imitate observed conduct far more readily than spoken instruction.

Frequently talking about values remains verbal preaching without lived example.

Telling stories of great people inspires but does not by itself model daily behaviour.

Talking of gods and goddesses touches belief, not the practice of values in conduct.

This reflects the idea of learning by imitation, central to Bandura's social learning theory.