With its hands-on focus now even more strongly emphasized, the new edition of this clearly-written, thoughtful book does and even better job of providing readers with what they need to support a program of moral education at either the elementary or secondary level. Coverage outlines the philosophical arguments for establishing classrooms and schools as sources of moral instruction, as well as exploring pertinent theories of how to accomplish this goal. The unique presentation of Reclaiming Our Schools: Teaching Character, Academics, and Discipline combines a comprehensive overview of theory with a complete hands-on guide to classroom techniques and schoolwide policies, thus supplying both the background and the tools needed to transform schools into sources of moral instruction. A thorough list of 100 suggestions for applying the principles within the book gives parents, teachers, and administrators a solid repertoire of ideas for use in each classroom and throughout the school. In addition, a 100-item evaluation checklist serves as a framework upon which a working character-development program may be constructed. Updated exercises within each chapter engage the reader in contemporary situations that are both plausible and realistic. Sex and character is now examined in a separate chapter. Reclaiming Our Schools: Teaching Character, Academics, and Discipline is a valuable tool for any parent, teacher, administrator, school board member, or politician who wishes to learn what it takes to establish classrooms and schools as sources of moral instruction.
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With its hands-on focus now even more strongly emphasized, the new edition of this clearly-written, thoughtful text does an even better job of providing students with what they need to support a program of moral/character education at either the elementary or secondary level. Coverage outlines philosophical arguments for establishing classrooms and schools as sources of moral instruction, as well as exploring pertinent theories of how to accomplish this goal.
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Violence and Compliance, Not Character,
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Ryan and Wynne are leaders in the character education movement, yet they believe that the only way for a child to develop character is for expert authorities to inculcate it. Many educators, such as Alan Block, see such authoritarian, didactic forms of education as doing violence to children. Steeped in extrinsic motivations that retard generosity in later life, this form of education is being supported by the Bush administration because it tends to make good soldiers and good consumers, not good people. Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs) www.teachingvirtues.net
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