Title: Reflections on The moral & spiritual crisis in education /
Authors: Purpel, David E.; McLaurin, William M.; Purpel, David E.
Publisher: P. Lang,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Purpel, David E.; Public schools United States Evaluation; Education Aims and objectives United States; Social justice Study and teaching United States; Moral education United States
Contents: The current crisis in education -- Recent educational reform -- The moral and spiritual crisis in American education -- A religious and moral framework for American education -- Education in a prophetic voice -- A curriculum for social justice and compassion -- Issues of curriculum planning, design, and implementaton -- That was then and this is now : the deepening educational and cultural crisis -- The struggle for moral and spiritual affirmation in an age of greed, fanaticism, and cynicism -- The need for wisdom in an age of uncertainty and skepticism -- A response to the crisis : the quest for wisdom in the practice of an everyday life / William M. McLaurin, Jr. -- A response to the crisis : the love of wisdom and the wisdom of love / David E. Purpel.