Drowning in the Clear Pool: Cultural Narcissism, Technology, & Character Education (Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 122.) (Paperback)

~ (Author), John J. Sweeder (Author), Maryanne R. Bednar (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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"Drowning in the Clear Pool is a first-rate text for teaching ethics to American children in the 21st century." -- Christina Hoff Sommers, W.H. Brady Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

"This book makes an important and substantial contribution to the literature of character education." -- David Purpel, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

"This book should become a staple of teacher education." -- Kevin Ryan, Founder and Emeritus Director Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character, Boston University

Product Description

With marked increases in school violence, educators have again been called upon to emphasize character education in their classrooms. While diversity of community values has rendered such efforts increasingly problematic, a more fundamental impasse to character education is cultural narcissism. Adolescents influenced by an inflated sense of grandiosity, entitlement, devaluation of others, and self-absorption often dismiss character education as irrelevant or constraining to their "me-centered" life-styles. To counter cultural narcissism, teachers need to foster character edu-cation by developing the moral system (self-understanding, social cognition, moral sentiments, and moral judgment) in each of their students. A creative use of educational tech-nology can help teachers raise moral sensitivity, while simul-taneously diluting the negative influences of cultural narcis-sism that pervades much of contemporary American life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing (February 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820445576
• ISBN-13: 978-0820445571
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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