Is School The Right Place To Learn About Morals?

Loh Ken Ming, Director of Community Mobilization , Teach for Malaysia | Associate Professor Dr Vishalache Balakrishnan, Service Learning Coordinator, Faculty of Education in Universiti Malaya

09-Mar-23 18:00

Is School The Right Place To Learn About Morals?

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Earlier in Parliament, Deputy Education Minister spoke about school programmes for self-identity and moral development. So first, we talk about whether school is the best place for this. Then, we look at what an effective civics education should look like.

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Produced by: Lim Jih-Ming, Natasha Fusil

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lee Chwi Lynn

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Categories: education

Tags: moral education, moral studies, morals, education system, civic education,

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