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

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...

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Published inPedagogika (Vilnius, Lithuania) Vol. 150; no. 2; pp. 119 - 145
Main Authors Surikova, Svetlana, Sidorova, Anna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.08.2023
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1392-0340
2029-0551
DOI:10.15823/p.2023.150.7