{"id":121,"date":"2015-06-19T09:40:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/anntest3\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:12:31","slug":"religious-moral-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/mavisbank\/religious-moral-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious &amp; Moral Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/mavisbank\/religious-moral-education\/all-the-faiths\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/mavisbank\/uploads\/sites\/28515\/2025\/06\/04131149\/all-the-faiths.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"774,639\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ms Aiken&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1749046223&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"all the faiths\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/mavisbank\/uploads\/sites\/28515\/2025\/06\/04131149\/all-the-faiths-300x248.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/mavisbank\/uploads\/sites\/28515\/2025\/06\/04131149\/all-the-faiths.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1523 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/mavisbank\/uploads\/sites\/28515\/2025\/06\/04131149\/all-the-faiths-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/mavisbank\/uploads\/sites\/28515\/2025\/06\/04131149\/all-the-faiths-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/mavisbank\/uploads\/sites\/28515\/2025\/06\/04131149\/all-the-faiths-768x634.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/mavisbank\/uploads\/sites\/28515\/2025\/06\/04131149\/all-the-faiths.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\">Religious and moral education includes learning about all world religions and supports the development of beliefs and values.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080\">It also includes aspects of philosophical enquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\">Scotland is a nation which reflects a wide range of beliefs, values and traditions.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080\"> Religious and moral education enables children and young people to explore the world\u2019s major religions and approaches to living which are independent of religious belief, and be challenged by these different beliefs and values.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080\"> It supports young people in developing responsible attitudes to other people, their values and their capacity for moral judgement.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080\"> This includes the study of Christianity, which has shaped the history and traditions of Scotland and continues to exert an influence on national life and moral education for all young people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\">Learning through religious and moral education enables young people to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080\">Develop a knowledge and understanding of all religions and recognise religion as an important expression of human experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080\">Explore moral values such as wisdom, justice, compassion and integrity<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080\"> investigate and understand the responses which religions can offer to questions about the nature and meaning of life<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080\">Develop the skills of reflection, discernment, critical thinking, and deciding how to act when making moral decisions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080\">Develop their beliefs, attitudes, moral values and practices through personal search, discovery and critical evaluation, and make a positive difference to the world by putting their beliefs and values into action.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious and moral education includes learning about all world religions and supports the development of beliefs and values.\u00a0 It also includes aspects of philosophical enquiry. 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