Character education
Subtitle: controversy and consensus
By: Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood.
Series: Controversial issues in education
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Moral education -- United States
Description: Is there a difference between character education and indoctrination? Are we expecting our teachers to teach morals? How can educators deal with the overlapping ideologies of character education, religion, and ethics? Lockwood has assembled a group of experts - who come from research as well as practice - to answer these and other questions. In this series of conversations, they shed welcome light on the complicated questions surrounding character education in schools. You'll gain insight into the different views held by educators concerning the role of schools in handling this critical, controversial issue. You'll gain a clearer picture of what it means to have a character education program. If you're interested in setting up a program in your school or district, this book can help you answer these crucial questions: What is character education? Can we recognize it when we see it? How can we tell if it's working? Are the criticisms of character education valid?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71).
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why character education?; title: Character education and the hard business of schooling, Kevin Ryan; title: The current condition of character education, James S. Leming; title: Character education and its prospects for success, James R. Rest; title: Character education in the classroom, Phyllis Smith-Hansen; title: A grassroots character education program, Deborah Linden; title: Schoolwide character education, James Antis.