“Dotoku,” or moral education, is a tough subject to teach at school. The purpose is to “nurture morality that will form the basis of living a better life,” according to the education ministry’s ...

What might a moral education worthy of the name actually look like? While we cannot answer all of the questions, nor confront the full dimensions of the moral education debate, we can outline some key ...

Given the strong public endorsement of moral education, one might expect it to dominate the educational agenda. Why doesn’t it? Given the strong public endorsement of moral education, one might expect ...

Schools in England are legally required to promote the moral development of pupils. Unfortunately though, there is little agreement on what this involves. Most people recognise that morality is ...

To impose the rules, or to elicit the behavior? I find something jarring about the following scenario: A child or children commit an indiscretion—squabbling in the lunch room, ignoring a substitute ...

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The UAE is set to roll out a standardised test to assess moral education nationwide, making it the first country to quantify how schools fare in shaping students' values. Senior officials behind the ...

A visitor to Beijing over the last few weeks will have had trouble avoiding the latest swathe of slogans pasted everywhere from public notice boards to roadside billboards. Flashing among the usual ...

Dhaka, July 25 -- State Minister for Social Welfare Farzana Sharmin on Saturday said children must be prepared from an early age with basic education, moral values and lessons on positive change at ...