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Bringing in a new era in character education / edited by William Damon.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moral education--United States.
- Moral education.
- Character--Study and teaching--United States.
- Character.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, CA : Hoover Institution Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The authors provide a unique perspective on what is needed to make character education an effective, lasting part of our educational agenda. Each chapter points out the directions that character education must take today and offers strategies essential for making progress in the field.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Transmitting Moral Wisdom in an Age of the Autonomous Self - Arthur J. Schwartz; How Moral Education Is Finding Its Way Back into America's Schools - Christina Hoff Sommers; The Science of Character Education - Marvin W. Berkowitz; Moral Exemplarity - Lawrence J. Walker; Educating the Stoic Warrior - Nancy Sherman; A Communitarian Position on Character Education - Amitai Etzioni; Building Democratic Community:A Radical Approach to Moral Education - F. Clark Power; Whose Values Anyway? - Anne Colby
- Moral and Ethical Development in a Democratic Society - Irving KristolContributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817929633
- 0817929630
- 9780817929688
- 0817929681
- OCLC:
- 681525462
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