Education with character : the moral economy of schooling / James Arthur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arthur, James, 1957-

Series:

Taylor & Francis eBooks online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral education--Great Britain.

Moral education.

Character--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Character.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Education with character' is the latest buzzphrase included in the government's recent Green Paper, Schools: Building on Success. James Arthur offers a cross-disciplinary exploration of moral education and character-shaping in education.

The establishment of citizenship education as a compulsory subject has recently been accompanied by the government's policy of 'promoting education with character.' Schools are identified as having a crucial role to play in helping to shape and reinforce basic character traits that will ultimately lead to a better society. This radical new policy is explicitly linked to raising academic standards and to the needs of the emerging new economy. This book provides an introduction to character education within the British context by exploring its meanings, understandings, and rationale, through the perspective of a number of academic disciplines. The author examines character education from a philosophical, religious, psychological, political, social and economic perspective to offer a more detailed understanding of character education and what it can offer. He also considers how British schools can implement character education successfully and what lessons we can draw from the American experience. This book will be of interest to academics, researchers, policy makers and teachers with responsibility for citizenship education in their schools. The establishment of citizenship education as a compulsory subject has recently been accompanied by the government's policy of 'promoting education with character.' Schools are identified as having a crucial role to play in helping to shape and reinforce basic character traits that will ultimately lead to a better society. This radical new policy is explicitly linked to raising academic standards and to the needs of the emerging new economy. This book provides an introduction to character education within the British context by exploring its meanings, understandings, and rationale, through the perspective of a number of academic disciplines. The author examines character education from a philosophical, religious, psychological, political, social and economic perspective to offer a more detailed understanding of character education and what it can offer. He also considers how British schools can implement character education successfully and what lessons we can draw from the American experience. This book will be of interest to academics, researchers, policy makers and teachers with responsibility for citizenship education in their schools.

Contents:

1. Character and the Litany of Alarm 2. An Historical Perspective on Character Formation 3. The Virtues of Character 4. Theological Insights into Character 5. Theories of Character Development 6. The Politics of Character 7. The Social Foundations of Character 8. Character and the Market Economy 9. Character Education 10. Schooling for Character 11. Conclusion

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-47183-1

1-134-47184-X

0-415-27778-7

1-280-18060-9

0-203-22013-7

9780203220139

OCLC:

52985527