National Academy For Moral Development

     Once in a beautiful town there was a wonderful bungalow located in the heart of the town. In that bungalow there lived a couple. There were also two dogs in the bungalow who were loved very much by their owners, and the dogs were honest as well in guarding the yard of bungalow. Every day each dog used to get 1 kilogram of meat during the lunch. The boss was happy with his dogs and the dogs were happy with their owner. On a dark night the thieves entered the bungalow. The dogs were very active and they chased the thieves out. The owner heard the dogs bark, and saw the incidence and was very happy with his dogs. The owner rewarded the dogs for their deed. The owner planned to keep the dogs alert and motivate them further. He decided to increase the food provision of the dogs, thus he increased the meat intake of dogs from 1 kilogram per day to 1.5 kilograms per day. The dogs were happy; owner too was happy. First of all the 1 kilogram of fresh meat itself...

The following is an excerpt from: Learning to BREATHE: A Mindfulness Curriculum for Adolescents to Cultivate Emotion Regulation, Attention, and Performance. By Patricia C. Broderick, PhD What do children and adolescents need to be successful in life? When this question arises, a common answer is “a good education.”  Academic success is the goal that is emphasized in standards-based movements about education reform, and it is currently in the forefront of public consciousness. The most typical benchmarks of academic success include outcomes such as test performance, progress through the educational system, and mastery of content knowledge. However, teachers and therapists who work with youth on a day-to- day basis, and who witness their progress and their struggles, know that there is more to this story. For more click the below link:   why teaching mindfulness benefits students learning?

We as humans always try to differentiate between right and wrong. And also we make it a point to teach and transfer the same knowledge to our children. Many schools too make it a point to take it as a extra curricular subject by calling it as 'Moral science'. Let us understand what is moral. Moral relates to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour (Wiktionary). Children spend major part of their day in school environment. And in school, children spend more time in the company of teachers. Teachers often model values unconsciously. They show who and what they think highly of or, conversely, do not think highly of by their emotional reactions. They share personal heroes, preferences among activities, approval and disapproval of the actions of people and other qualities with emotional signals that communicate in infectious ways to children. We also should not ignore the fact that the teachers themselves become models (http://www.e...