1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455748203321

Autore

Jeynes William

Titolo

A call for character education and prayer in the schools / / William H. Jeynes ; foreword by William J. Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, California ; ; Denver, Colorado ; ; Oxford, England : , : Praeger, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-313-35103-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 332 p. )

Disciplina

370.11/4

Soggetti

Moral education - United States

Prayer in the public schools - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Do Americans need moral education and religious freedom returned to the public schools? -- The schools of educational philosophy -- Prayer in the school and moral education in America prior to the Revolutionary War -- Character education during the post-Revolutionary War period -- Prayer and moral education in the eyes of the founders of the modern day public school -- The practice of character education from the mid-1800s until 1962 -- The new philosophy of education beginning in 1962 and 1963 -- America has lost its way -- A nation without absolute values -- Most of America's problems are not economic and academic in nature -- What we can do to restore character education and resurrect religious freedom in America.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698741003321

Titolo

Celebrate the world! [[electronic resource] ] : World Kindness Week / / Peace Corps

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : Paul D. Coverdell Worldwise Schools, , [2009?]

Descrizione fisica

1 poster : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Kindness

Conduct of life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Grafica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF screen (viewed Apr. 17, 2009)

"November."

"Celebrate friendship!"