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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449921503321

Autore

Smagorinsky Peter

Titolo

The discourse of character education [[electronic resource] ] : culture wars in the classroom / / Peter Smagorinsky, Joel Taxel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, c2005

ISBN

1-4106-1301-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TaxelJoel

Disciplina

370.11/4

Soggetti

Moral education - Social aspects - United States

Moral education - Curricula - United States

Moral education - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-380) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Author Biographies; PART I: FRAMEWORK FOR THE STUDY; PART II: THE DISCOURSES OF CHARACTER EDUCATION; PART III: THE DEEP SOUTH: DIDACTIC, INDIVIDUALISTIC, AUTHORITARIAN APPROACHES TO CHARACTER EDUCATION; PART IV: THE UPPER MIDWEST: COMMUNITY-BASED, REFLECTIVE APPROACHES TO CHARACTER EDUCATION; PART V: CONCLUSION; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Peter Smagorinsky and Joel Taxel analyze the ways in which the perennial issue of character education has been articulated in the United States, both historically and in the current character education movement that began in earnest in the 1990's. The goal is to uncover the ideological nature of different conceptions of character education.