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What You Need to Know

The Dharma Learning Framework contains 175+ learning goals organized into five domains. Each learning goal is a teaching target—not a complete lesson. You provide the content and activities.

What is a learning goal?

You choose which component you wish to emphasize. In many Western countries, ACTION is typically emphasized, whereas KNOWLEDGE or UNDERSTANDING could be equally valid targets for the lesson.

  • ACTION: What students demonstrate with their knowledge and understanding
  • UNDERSTANDING: Key insights students will grasp, the deeper insight
  • CONTENT KNOWLEDGE: Information students will learn and remember

Critical: The framework provides standards, not curriculum. You’ll research and develop the actual lesson materials.

Five Domains

Core Life Skills through Buddhist Wisdom Education – Read more about Domain Descriptions

  • Clear Thinking: Analytical skills through Buddhist philosophical inquiry
  • Creative Expression: Creativity and contemplative awareness in artistic expression
  • Cultural Wisdom: Buddhism’s historical transmission and traditions
  • Ethical Living: Practical application of Buddhist ethics in society
  • Inner Awareness: Meditation and contemplative practice

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Middle Way Education Curricular Framework ©️ 2025 by Michelle Macioce, Noa Jones, Mariana Restrepo, Carlo Carranza, Harry Einhorn, Connie Moffit is licensed under CC BY 4.0

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Generate Lesson Plan Data for AI

First click “Generate AI Lesson Planning Data” and then “Copy to Clipboard”.

For this process to actually work, you must go and paste the result into the AI tool of your choice yourself.

This seems to work quite well with Claude and ChatGPT.

After pasting what this pop-up puts in your clipboard, the AI tool (you’ve chosen) should prompt you for any additional information you may wish to include, and then create a rough draft lesson plan that you can customize and edit until it’s ready for teaching.

Disclaimer: Teach content that you are most familiar with from your own study and practice. Think through what elements will work for your students. AI makes many mistakes, so be very careful and conscientious using the results as a basis for creating your own thoughtful lessons. Approached with care and attention, this method of generating a lesson plan with AI may give you more time to focus on the most essential elements of instruction.

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