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Adab Before Apps: Character Education in the Machine Age

Introducing adab, the recognition of the right and proper place of things, this article argues character education has always anchored Malaysian schooling, from the Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan to values embedded across the curriculum. Meta-analytic evidence confirms character programmes work best through relationships and guided moral discussion. Rejecting simple claims that technology erodes values, since technologies both inherit designers' values and project users' conduct, it argues adab must now be designed into instruction, not hoped for…

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