Moral Questions in the Classroom / Emily Cockayne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cockayne, Emily, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2001]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

What constitutes a just war? How does race matter in America? Are the interests of corporations the same as those of the public when it comes to the environment or public health? Middle and high school history, literature, and science classes abound with important moral, social, and political questions. But under pressure to cover required materials and out of fear of raising controversy, teachers often avoid classroom discussions of questions of profound importance to students and to society.This book investigates how schools can responsibly take an active role in moral education while honoring their academic mission. Using extensive observations in public, Catholic, and Jewish high schools, Katherine Simon analyzes the ways in which teachers avoid or address moral questions raised by students and implicit in course materials. She examines how morally charged issues may be taught responsibly in a diverse democracy. And in an afterword that teachers and teacher educators will find particularly useful, Simon provides practical tools and strategies for structuring discussion and designing units to help teachers explore moral issues more deeply with their middle and high school students.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1. The Place of Meaning

CHAPTER 2. What Is Moral Education?

CHAPTER 3. Three High Schools and a Researcher

CHAPTER 4. "We Could Argue About That All Day"

CHAPTER 5. "It Makes You Think"

CHAPTER 6. From the Sublime to the Mundane

CHAPTER 7. Whose Values Will Get Taught?

CHAPTER 8. The Case for Systemic Reform

AFTERWORD. Strategies and Tools for Incorporating Moral and Existential Questions into the Classroom

Appendix: Methods

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300148435

0300148437

OCLC:

1024026320