<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The following study presents an analysis of the world of moral education in the Czech environment from its recorded beginnings to the current situation in the Czech Republic. The study contains two parts: In the first section, the authors give an account of the history of moral education and different views on it, while in the second section they analyse the current state of moral education. The authors examine the quality of moral education at primary and secondary schools according to the goals of curriculum documents issued by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic for schools’ ethical education programmes and subjects dealing with character development. Based on their own research, they compare set goals with practice, draw conclusions and give recommendations not only to primary and secondary schools, but also to higher education institutions, particularly in terms of introducing professional ethics tools and intensifying their use. The authors suggest expanding the ethical climate at schools to contain the atmosphere of recognition, biophile culture and technological scepticism.</p></abstract>

The following study presents an analysis of the world of moral education in the Czech environment from its recorded beginnings to the current situation in the Czech Republic. The study contains two parts: In the first section, the authors give an account of the history of moral education and different views on it, while in the second section they analyse the current state of moral education. The authors examine the quality of moral education at primary and secondary schools according to the goals of curriculum documents issued by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic for schools’ ethical education programmes and subjects dealing with character development. Based on their own research, they compare set goals with practice, draw conclusions and give recommendations not only to primary and secondary schools, but also to higher education institutions, particularly in terms of introducing professional ethics tools and intensifying their use. The authors suggest expanding the ethical climate at schools to contain the atmosphere of recognition, biophile culture and technological scepticism.

Moral education in the Czech territory in the past and the present

Department of Civics, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Poříčí 31, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Department of Civics, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University

Ethics & Bioethics

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The following study presents an analysis of the world of moral education in the Czech environment from its recorded beginnings to the current situation in the...

Moral education in the Czech territory in the past and the present

Published Online: Jun 24, 2016

Page range: 45 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0008

Keywords
ethical education, prosocial behaviour, ethical climate, technological scepticism, biophile culture

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Moral education in the Czech territory in the past and the present

Published Online: Jun 24, 2016

Page range: 45 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2016-0008

Keywordsethical education, prosocial behaviour, ethical climate, technological scepticism, biophile culture

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
ethical education, prosocial behaviour, ethical climate, technological scepticism, biophile culture