Bringing in a new era in character education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by William Damon

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, CA, : Hoover Institution Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.11/3/0973
• Soggetto topico: Moral education - United States; Character - Study and teaching - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DamonWilliam <1944->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bringing in a new era in character education
• ISBN: 0-8179-2963-0; 0-8179-2968-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453614303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II