Developing a Moral Education Curriculum


 

Publication Date: January 1999

Publisher: Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education

Author(s): Ed Schwartz

Research Area: Culture and religion; Education; Social conditions

Keywords: Education; Children; Values; Ethics

Type: Report

Coverage: Minnesota

Abstract:

The author recounts the experiences of the Talmud Torah of St. Paul, MN with integrating moral education into the religious curriculum. He discusses teaching tools such as ethical dilemmas and other methods for such integration. The author also discusses how moral awareness is a part of childhood development, both from the scientific/educational perspective and from classical rabbinic Jewish perspectives.