Education, philosophy and the ethical environment / Graham Haydon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haydon, Graham.

Series:

Foundations and futures of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral education.

Values--Study and teaching.

Values.

Environmental ethics.

Physical Description:

xii, 158 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Around the world there is concern about the climate of values in which young people are growing up. Liberal ideas about personal morality and the importance of individual choice are spreading worldwide but often meeting resistance from more traditional values. Everywhere, people look to education to promote the values they believe to be right and to help ward off perceived threats to these values. But how much can we reasonably expect of education?

This book, written by a philosopher of education, casts new light on that question by seeing values education, not as a separate activity within schools, but as an aspect of education that both reflects the surrounding climate of values and can help to change it. Graham Haydon argues that all of us - whether as teachers, parents, students or citizens - share in a responsibility for the quality of that ethical environment. We must ensure, he says, that what happens in schools will: enable young people to appreciate the diversity of our ethical environment, help them find their way through its complexities, contribute to developing a climate of values that is desirable for all.

This book shows that values education is too demanding to be left to parents and too important to be entrusted to government initiatives. For teachers engaged in values education - including those teaching citizenship, personal and social education, or religious education - this book brings a fresh perspective to what they are doing, within a realistic view of their responsibilities. For students of education, it shows that practical issues can be illuminated by insights from philosophy.

Contents:

The ethical environment

The diversity of the ethical environment

Conceptions of values education

Taking responsibility for the ethical environment

Intervening in the ethical environment

The responsibilities of values education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-153) and index.

ISBN:

041535661X

0415356628

0203002709

OCLC:

63171192

Publisher Number:

9780415356619

9780415356626

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