Educating for character : how our schools can teach respect and responsibility

Educating for character : how our schools can teach respect and responsibility /

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Discusses the educator as a role model, the classroom as a moral community, and confronting the issues of drugs, alcohol, and sex.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lickona, Thomas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Bantam, ©1992.
Edition:Bantam trade pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Moral education > United States.
Moral education > Canada.
Students > United States > Conduct of life.
Students > Canada > Conduct of life.
Responsibility > Study and teaching.
Educación moral > Estados Unidos.
Educación moral > Canadá
Estudiantes > Estados Unidos > Conducta (Etica)
Estudiantes > Canadá > Conducta (Etica)
Responsabilidad > Enseñanza.
Community engagement.
Service learning.
Éducation morale > États-Unis.
Éducation morale > Canada.
Élèves > États-Unis > Morale pratique.
Élèves > Canada > Morale pratique.
Responsabilité > Étude et enseignement.
Moral education.
Students > Conduct of life.
Charakterbildung.
Schule.
Schulpädagogik.
Verantwortung.
Canada.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The case for values education
  • Educating for character, and why schools need help from home
  • What values should schools teach?
  • What is good character?
  • The teacher as caregiver, model, and mentor
  • Creating a moral community in the classroom
  • Moral discipline
  • Creating a democratic classroom environment : the class meeting
  • Teaching values through the curriculum
  • Cooperative learning
  • The conscience of craft
  • Encouraging moral reflection
  • Raising the level of moral discussion
  • Teaching controversial issues
  • Teaching children to solve conflicts
  • Caring beyond the classroom
  • Creating a positive moral culture in the school
  • Sex education
  • Drugs and alcohol
  • Schools, parents, and communities working together.

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