About "Moral Education: A Teacher-Centered Approach"
Moral Education: A Teacher-Centered Approach reveals the richness of moral education, as well as its centrality and pervasiveness, and provides an instructional approach that respects the diversity of viewpoints. This book describes the ordinary moral questions that arise in every classroom, every day. Through the voices of children, teachers, administrators, and parents, it presents and analyzes the conflicting assumptions and priorities of those interested in moral education.
Features:
* Increases educators' sensitivity to the moral world, and encourages them to reconsider their habitual and intuitive reactions.
* An in-school vignette that begins each chapter serves as a stimulating trigger for analysis and illuminates the complexity, ambiguity, and contentiousness that marks the field.
* A “Your Turn” section at the end of each chapter stimulates readers to discuss and work through their own practices.
* A growing acquaintance with four teachers who, while coping with everyday moral issues, simultaneously develop a moral education program that engages the readers' sympathies and enhances their resolve to tackle the questions.
Publication information
Allyn and Bacon
October 2003
Paperback $45.33
ISBN: 978-0321093592 ORDER
224 pages