Posted by Tamar on May 15, 2005, at 15:40:23
In reply to Re: Would it help to teach some CBT for kids in school » Tamar, posted by alexandra_k on May 15, 2005, at 15:22:22
> Our university runs a course: Ethics, Religion, and Contemporary Society. Though I think we have turned it into Social and Moral Philosophy now.
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> It was open to 7th formers who already qualified for enterance to university based on their 6th form grades. My office mate got contracted to lecture / run it this year. So he goes round the schools seeing the students there.
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> It is quite popular.
> Helps peoples med school / engineering / law applications.
> The religious schools quite like it - even though the students are taught to think CRITICALLY and MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND based on GOOD REASONS as to what they believe the should do with respect to certain issues.
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> Smacking children
> Sex before marriage
> Abortion
> etc
> etc.This sounds really good. I don't think there's anything like that near me.
> All that is a bit politically loaded in the US...Well, everywhere really... I can't think of many places where abortion and corporal punishment aren't politically loaded. Although I suspect Sweden has it all figured out.
> Condoms being porous and all ;-)
Hah! I know all about that! Having planned two children, we recently welcomed number three into the family. From now on it'll be double thickness contraception...
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