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• What is moral learning at the early stages of education?
• What role do the emotions and social interaction with caretakers, teachers and peers play in children’s early stages of moral learning?
• How should we assess children’s moral development?
• How can we improve children’s moral education?

These questions will be explored in our online event Emotions and Moral Learning in Early Childhood Education – a collaboration between BERA’s Philosophy of Education and Early Childhood and Care SIG.

It is for early years teachers, philosophers, educators and policy makers interested in the role of emotions and social interaction in moral learning.

The event on Thursday 21st October 2021,15:00-17:00pm will open with a dialogue between our invited speakers:

• Daniel Vanello – University of Warwick
• Catriona Card – Berkley Primary School, Scunthorpe
  Before a Q&A and wider discussion.
• Alex Sabine, Teaching Fellow at University of Portsmouth

Children’s moral education is at the heart of a prosperous society. It ensures that children grow up as healthy adults whose lives are enriched by core values such as friendship and attachments, respect for others, motivation to contribute to the community and democratic citizenship.

Increasingly, academic research on moral education is recognising that moral learning starts at earlier stages of a child’s life than has previously been understood. We are at a stage where we both recognise the importance of early years moral education but have little understanding of it. This webinar will be the starting exploration for this area of education that has been particularly highlighted by the pandemic.