The education system is critical in moulding India’s future generations, and pedagogies can develop an academically strong and morally upright society by incorporating ethics into the curriculum.
This new book by Dale Snauwaert explores the normative dimensions of peace studies and peace education through the lens of moral and political philosophy.
“The function of education… is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Education has a key role to play in empowering students to understand their fundamental rights, and to become champions for justice in society. Therefore, UNESCO in partnership with UNODC’s Doha Declaration Global Programme has developed two handbooks to help teachers empower their students.
“The function of education… is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
The experience of the education for social responsibility program at the University of Concepción suggests the viability of large-scale moral education, forming a functional, realistic, and solidary ethical conscience. Three educational principles supported by scientific findings are proposed to guide moral education: understanding, participation, and empathy. Taking as an example the ‘structural trap’ by which the good intention of complying with social human rights, such as health, ends up discouraging economic investment, it is suggested that good large scale moral education is capable of facilitating the overcoming of structural obstacles to solutions to social and ecological problems.
Zambia member of Parliament (MP) Mwansa Mbulakulima (PF) has called for the introduction of peace and conflict resolution in the education curriculum.
Abu Dhabi: Schools across UAE must now offer Moral Education as a mandatory subject and part of their curricula, following a directive issued by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince. The subject must focus on the teaching of five key elements — ethics, personal and community development, culture and heritage, civic education and human rights and responsibilities.