Ethics and Values
Members
- Sr. Mary Elena Tuazon – St. Paul University at San Miguel, Philippines
- Dr. (Sr.) Celene Joseph – St. Thomas College of Teacher Education, India
- Dr. Ruth Firer – Hewbrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Dr. Prasanth Mathew – Bethlehem Educational Research Foundation, India
- Dr. Judith Johnson – International Educational Initiatives, Japan
Coordinators:
Preamble
Spirituality is the foundation of all education.
- Teach universal virtues in our milieu of different religions, beliefs and cultural contexts
- Integrate virtues in the teaching of all disciplines in our respective institutions
Approaches and Strategies
- Tintegrative approach of mind, heart and hands
- student-centered active learning
- reflection
- the arts
- quotations (religious, philosophical)
- thinking skills
Action Plan
- identify spiritual themes related to scientific and cultural concepts, history, literature, and so on in our respective curricula
- exchange current and future teaching materials and ideas for developing new materials
- develop a program that will train education majors to incorporate universal virtues in lessons
- share our materials with others and make them available through links on different websites