moral education
Teaching right conduct
Moral education is instruction aimed at developing ethical understanding and character.
It encompasses teaching values, distinguishing right from wrong, and cultivating virtues like honesty, compassion, and responsibility.
Schools may offer moral education through dedicated courses, religious instruction, or integration across subjects.
The term often appears in debates about whether morality should be taught at home, in schools, or through religious institutions: The curriculum includes moral education alongside academic subjects.
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- empathySharing another's emotions
- character buildingDeveloping moral strength
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
right and wrong · humility · golden rule · consequentialism · filial piety · courage · honesty · role model · values clarification · civic engagement · community service · global citizenship · do the right thing · religious values · utilitarianism · respect · social justice · life lessons
- Asian educationConfucian academies, civil service exams, private academies, Peking University, examination halls
- religious educationBible college, Bible stories, religious instruction, Sunday school, church teachings
- Hindu educationgurus, Sanskrit, traditional knowledge, Vedas, Upanishads
- Sunday schoolBible stories, Sunday school teachers, memory verses, lesson plans, Bible verse
- moral philosophyethics, morals, consequentialism, utilitarianism, deontology
- church-statechurch-state, separation, church-state separation, establishment clause, religious accommodation
moral educationvocational training
Job-skill education
skills training · technical education · professional training · job training · trade school