Ethical education : towards an ecology of human development / edited by Scherto Gill, Garrett Thomson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gill, Scherto, editor.

Thomson, Garrett, editor.

Cambridge University Press.

Series:

Cambridge education research.

Cambridge education research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral education--England--History--20th century.

Moral education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Ethical education should help students become more sensitive to the perspectives and experiences of others. However, the field is dominated by the teaching of moral values as a subject-matter, or by the fostering of character traits in students, or by moral reasoning. This book proposes an alternative to these limited moralistic approaches. It places human relationships at the core of ethical education, in its understanding of both ethics and education. With contributions from renowned international scholars, this approach is laid out in three parts. Part I develops the underlying theory of ethics and education; Part II focuses on the relevant pedagogical principles, and Part III provides illustrations of emergent innovative ethical educational practices in worldwide schools. Against a backdrop of divisiveness and apathy, the innovative practices described in this book show how a new vision for ethical education might be centred around caring for students' well-being.

Contents:

General Introduction / Scherto Gill and Garrett Thomson

Part 1. Theoretical perspectives on ethical education

Part 2. Pedagogical approaches to ethical education

Part 3. Practices of ethical education in schools.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jun 2020).

ISBN:

1-108-85058-8

1-108-85172-X

1-108-76977-2