India's long tradition of storytelling is well integrated into the social and cultural lives of people. It is a recognized resource for religious and secular moral education. While the desirability and usefulness of storytelling as a general pedagogical tool finds mention in national school and teacher education policy, there is limited research…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand business students' intention to behave ethically in general, and in particularly in the business context of a developing country, India. Design/methodology/approach: The paper surveyed 250 final semester MBA students from different business schools in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh in India. The…

Focusing on the contemporary conflicts and social political complexities of South Asia (specifically, India and Pakistan), this paper explores the roles and relevance of Gandhi's and Bacha Khan's moral education in negotiating/addressing the situated disparities. Drawing from the words and wisdom of Gandhi and Bacha Khan, this paper examines…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of ethics training (ET) on workplace behaviors. The study also aims to test the mediating effect of ethical culture (EC), on the relationship between ET and workplace behaviors. Design/methodology/approach: An experimental model has been developed to address the problem statement. The…

Promoting gender respect is essential to the development of both sexes and to gender equality. This article argues for the importance of moral education to support the struggle of girls and women to achieve respect within unequal and complex gender power relations, especially in poverty contexts. Evidence collected from a sequence of in-depth…

As the British expanded their dominions in India, political and administrative needs made it imperative for them to acquire more information about their subjects. Hence, systematic and meticulous surveys began to be commissioned by the East India Company as it assumed charge of educating the natives. These surveys were an integral part of what…

Swami Vivekananda, the great Indian legend who is known as mystic, philosopher, educationist and Yogic saint. He is recognised for his contribution in spreading the philosophy of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He has made India proud when he gave his speech in 'Parliament of Religion' in Chicago USA in 1893. He has a firm belief that the…

The first comparative study of the spread of mass education around the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this unique new book uses a bottom-up focus and demonstrates, to an extent not appreciated hitherto, the gulf between the intentions of the government and the reality on the ground. This book is divided into four…

"The Montessori Observer" is mailed four times each year, in March, May, September and November, to Society members throughout the world. The purpose is to provide news and information about the Society's work in Montessori education, and to extend awareness of Montessori principles throughout the world. This issue contains a feature…

"The Montessori Observer" is mailed four times each year, in March, May, September and November, to Society members throughout the world. The purpose is to provide news and information about the Society's work in Montessori education, and to extend awareness of Montessori principles throughout the world. This issue contains a feature…

This article examines international communication around moral education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the role of the ethical movement in facilitating this communication. Three moments of international communication are analysed. The first, in the 1890s, involves the dissemination of Felix Adler's book "The Moral…

The present study highlights the efficacy of Group Based Learning on cultivating moral value of the students at Standard VIII. Parallel group Experimental method was adopted in the study. Eighty students (control group = 40 students + experimental = 40 students) were selected as sample for the study. Researcher self-made achievement tool was…

Discusses the influence of Hindu, Moslem, and Buddhist metaphysics on Maria Montessori's own pedagogical philosophy of Cosmic Education, which she regarded as the core of all learning experiences, after her visit to India. Considers the relationship between Montessori's ideas of child development and Cosmic Education, and the effect of Indian…

How can teaching and living abroad impact our teaching in North America? This article explores how what I do teaching religion and ethics to undergraduates at Texas Christian University has been influenced by twelve years of teaching in the two-thirds world. It is structured in terms of three insights that correlate with what I call the past,…

This presentation is a brief summary of a book published in Swedish, "Kulturensbarn--Children of Culture." This book is a doctoral thesis which sought to investigate how cultural values, value systems, and norms influence children, which values are transmitted, and how they can be analyzed. The study employed data from families in the…