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EDUCATION and MORALITY -Binding Ethical Education
- 1. EDUCATION & MORALITY -------------BridgingKnowledge & Values
- 2. INTRODUCTION: • Education isa process of developing skills and values . • Morality guides behavior through principles like honesty, empathy, and justice. • Their intersection is vital for creating responsible, conscious citizens. • A morally grounded education system is key to a just and modern society.
- 4. KEY CHALLENGES INMORAL EDUCATION: INEQUALITY: Rural and low-income students face limited access to quality, ethics-based learning. Exam pressure: the system emphasizes grades over values, leaving little room for moral reasoning. Moral disconnect: without structured guidance, students may become indifferent to issues like corruption or social injustice.
- 5. Education & Morality:A Comparative Perspective Aspect Bangladesh Global Practices Curriculum Integration Moral education is often taught as part of religious studies Countries like Japan embed ethics across all subjects Teaching Approach Focus on rote learning and exams Finland emphasizes discussion, reflection, and empathy Character Development Implicit and inconsistent UK schools use structured PSHE (Personal, Social, Health Education) programs Community Involvement Limited parent-school engagement Many OECD countries foster strong school-community ties 5
- 6. Building Ethical CitizensThrough Education Reform • EMBED VALUES IN ALL SUBJECTS • TRAIN TEACHERS IN MORAL LEADERSHIP • ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE OVER MEMORIZATION • CREATE INCLUSIVE, RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENTS • INVOLVE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
- 7. Inspiration for theFuture "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more-clever devil." — C.S. Lewis Indeed, moral education is the seed—we shape the future by how we nurture it. 7
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