Piloting a New Virtue Education Curriculum for 5–15-Year-Old Students: What are the Most Challenging Issues in Its Delivery? Cover Image

Naujų dorinio ugdymo programų, skirtų 5–15 metų mokiniams, išbandymas: didžiausi įgyvendinimo iššūkiai
Piloting a New Virtue Education Curriculum for 5–15-Year-Old Students: What are the Most Challenging Issues in Its Delivery?

Author(s): Svetlana Surikova, Anna Sidorova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: COVID-19; Delivery mode; Face-to-face learning and teaching; Feasibility; Online learning and teaching; Pilot study; Virtue education curriculum;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses Latvian teachers’ opinions regarding the feasibility of a virtue education curriculum for students aged 5–15 years, which they piloted in spring 2021, and identifies the challenges faced when implementing the virtue education curriculum during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings showed that the curriculum could be delivered successfully in both modalities – face-to-face and online – since the teachers’ approaches were creative and transformative in addressing all the challenges identified.

  • Issue Year: 150/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 119-145
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: English