Moral Questions in the Classroom
Subtitle: How to Get Kids to Think Deeply about Real Life and their School Work
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300090321
Subjects: Philosophy of education; Practical & applied ethics; Schools; Teaching of a specific subject; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Moral education (Secondary); Education / Teaching; Secondary; Education; United States; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Case studies; High school teaching; Moral Education
Description: "This book investigates how schools can responsibly take an active role in moral education while honoring their academic mission. Using extensive observations in public, Catholic, and Jewish high schools, Katherine Simon analyzes the ways in which teachers avoid or address moral questions raised by students and implicit in course materials. She examines how morally charged issues may be taught responsibly in a diverse democracy. And in an afterword that teachers and teacher educators will find particularly useful, Simon provides practical tools and strategies for structuring discussion and designing units to help teachers explore moral issues more deeply with their middle and high school students."--Jacket.