Conflict, contradiction, and contrarian elements in moral development and education
By: edited by Larry Nucci.
Contributors: Nucci, Larry P.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Moral education -- United States; Socialization -- United States; Conflict (Psychology) in adolescence -- United States; Interaction analysis in education
Description: Publisher description: The premise of this book is that individuals and societies have an inexorable urge to morally develop by challenging the assumptions of the previous generation in terms of what is right and wrong. The focus is on the nature and functional value of conflicts and challenges to the dominant moral and social values framework. Through this analysis, individuals develop moral character through conflict with their local authority figures, including parents. The moral structure of societies evolves through intergenerational challenges to and contradiction with the dominant social order.  The book is divided into three parts to help frame this discussion.  Part I directly takes up the issue of resistance as it occurs at a cultural level, and the implications of such resistance for moral education and socialization.  Part II explores the normative forms of adolescent resistance and contrarian behavior that trouble parents and teachers alike.  Part III brings back the issue of societal structure and culture to illustrate how negative features of society--such as racial discrimination and economic disparity--can feed into the construction of negative moral identity in youth posing challenges to moral education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Resistance and subversion in everyday life -- Elliot Turiel; title: Taking a stand in a morally pluralistic society : constructive obedience and responsible dissent in moral/character education -- Diana Baumrind; title: Who in the world am I? Reflecting on the heart of teaching -- William Ayers; title: Adolescent-parent conflict : resistance and subversion as developmental process -- Judith G. Smetana; title: Risk taking, carnival, and the novelistic self : adolescents' avenues to moral being and integrity -- Cynthia Lightfoot; title: Adolescents' peer interactions : conflict and coordination among personal expression, social norms, and moral reasoning -- Stacey S. Horn; title: Negative morality and the goals of moral education -- Fritz K. Oser -- The; title: rise of right-wing extremist youth culture in postunification Germany -- Wolfgang Edelstein; title: Race and morality : shaping the myth -- William H. Watkins; title: Moral competence promotion among African American children : conceptual underpinnings and programmatic efforts-- Robert J. Jagers.