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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808149103321

Autore

Bohlin Karen E.

Titolo

Teaching character education through literature : awakening the moral imagination in secondary classrooms / / Karen E. Bohlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-35479-7

1-134-35480-0

0-203-29983-3

1-280-22541-6

9786610225415

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

370.11/4

Soggetti

Moral education (Secondary)

Character in literature - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Literature - Study and teaching (Secondary)

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. [199]-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; American Foreword; British Foreword; Introduction; Part I Narrative and Moral Agency; Part II Case Studies in Character; Appendix A Definitions and Distinctions; Appendix B Extending Reflection Across Novels; Appendix C Character Tables; Appendix D Hotlist of Teaching Resources; Notes; Bibliography; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book shows how secondary and post-secondary teachers can help students become more responsive to the ethical themes and questions that emerge from the narratives they study. It helps teachers to integrate character education into the classroom by focusing on a variety of ways of drawing instructive insights from fictional life narratives. The case studies and questions throughout are designed to awaken students' moral imagination and prompt ethical reflection on four protagonists' motivations, aspirations, and choices. The book is divided into two parts. The first provides a the