Ross, the deputy minister in charge of primary and secondary schools in the British Ministry of Education, also believes that sitting still can improve students' learning attitude and motivation. Therefore, it will be fully promoted in public primary and secondary schools.
Meditation was originally a practice of Buddhism. In 1970s, American researchers began to use meditation to relieve stress, and the effect was good.
Buddhism has been incorporated into the school curriculum in Britain.
The British government has now incorporated Buddhism into the curriculum of primary and secondary schools. Why do they have such wisdom and understanding? The reason may be influenced by the world-famous British philosopher of history, Dr. Tomby. At an international conference in Europe in the 1970s, he claimed that only? China's way of Confucius and Mencius? With what? Mahayana Buddhism? . This is what an authoritative scholar in the world said. Moreover, the pope of the last genus issued an order to encourage Catholic priests to visit Buddhism and have a dialogue with Buddhism. This is all influenced by Dr. Tomby.
Moreover, the British government also recognizes that two major crises in the world today: ecological crisis and social crisis are increasingly threatening the survival of mankind. To solve the disaster, we must start with teenagers and improve people's moral quality through religious education. The education of Buddhism is the education of wisdom, compassion and love, which teaches us to abandon selfishness, fame, greed and ignorance and make unconditional sacrifices to help the society and all those in trouble. Who knows that if he really wants to follow the teachings, he will get rid of his troubles and pains and truly benefit the society and the people. This is the Buddha's teaching.
The British government spared no effort to promote religious education, and once held a two-week exhibition of Buddhist cultural relics, which was paid by the state for British schoolchildren and the public to visit. The exhibition was a great success.
In the religious comparison of secondary education in Britain, the views of different religions on the same issue are mainly discussed. For example, the comparison between Christianity and Buddhism in the concept of marriage; What are the differences between Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and other religions in filial piety? Teachers will also lead such discussions in schools, and conduct cultural exchanges and interpersonal education in an educational way. The genius of British education policy is that no matter what religion students believe in, they must learn other religions besides their own and choose two of the five major religions.
Britain will become an oasis in the Buddhist desert.
Parliamentary legislation, Buddhism has become a compulsory course in British primary and secondary schools, unprecedented!
Historically, British education policy has carried out unprecedented reforms in religious education. Has the traditional Christian education law been passed? Amend the third paragraph of Article 9 of the Education Law 1988 and change it to religious education in primary and secondary schools? This not only embodies the tradition of Christianity in Britain, but also takes into account and implements other major religious education. Since then, the education law has been promulgated, and it has been unknown because there is no one to help.
Until1July 5, 1994, the British Minister of Education, the British Archbishop and the Chairman of the All-England Science and Education Books Decision Committee called a meeting of representatives of all major religions in Britain to formally promote and promote the implementation of this new education law. It is announced that all students in government-funded public schools, from the age of 5 to 16, must study five religious subjects, namely Buddhism and Islam, except for Christ.
As we all know, HKCEE's religious examination requires at least two subjects, namely, the compulsory subject of Christianity and any other teaching subjects, so private schools are no exception.
From 65438 to 0994, the National Textbook Decision Committee published two model textbooks and course selection guides to promote and assist schools to implement this new education law.
On this basis, 108 counties in China have formulated their own religious education plans. For example, Kent is the largest state and county in Britain, with the largest number of schools (630 primary and secondary schools). The county's Ministry of Education (local Ministry of Education) has decided to announce it and instructed the schools under its jurisdiction to choose Buddhism as a compulsory subject for the second religion (Christianity is of course a compulsory subject).
In the view of Hannibal, who is in charge of religious education in Kent, Buddhism is based on the origin method and the four noble truths, which conforms to today's science and is easily accepted by westerners. Advocate five precepts, ten goodness, four radiation and six degrees; He also advocates peace and non-violence, which plays an extremely important role in improving social morality and maintaining social stability. Therefore, the officials of the religious department of Kent Ministry of Education, especially himself, are very happy and actively promote Buddhism as a regular subject in every school.
In Britain, where Christianity is the state religion, Buddhism can be recognized by the government and legislated into the regular curriculum of primary and secondary schools in Britain, which is unprecedented not only in Britain, but also all over the world (except Thailand and Sri Lanka in the East), especially in western countries. It can be predicted that in the near future, Britain will become an oasis in the desert of western Buddhism, which will have a great impact on the whole western society.