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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824513403321

Titolo

Bringing in a new era in character education / / edited by William Damon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, CA, : Hoover Institution Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8179-2963-0

0-8179-2968-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DamonWilliam <1944->

Disciplina

370.11/3/0973

Soggetti

Moral education - United States

Character - Study and teaching - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Transmitting Moral Wisdom in an Age of the Autonomous Self - Arthur J. Schwartz; How Moral Education Is Finding Its Way Back into America's Schools - Christina Hoff Sommers; The Science of Character Education - Marvin W. Berkowitz; Moral Exemplarity - Lawrence J. Walker; Educating the Stoic Warrior - Nancy Sherman; A Communitarian Position on Character Education - Amitai Etzioni; Building Democratic Community:A Radical Approach to Moral Education - F. Clark Power; Whose Values Anyway? - Anne Colby

Moral and Ethical Development in a Democratic Society - Irving KristolContributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors provide a unique perspective on what is needed to make character education an effective, lasting part of our educational agenda. Each chapter points out the directions that character education must take today and offers strategies essential for making progress in the field.