| Edition |
Bantam trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
xii, 478 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-454) and index. |
| Contents |
The case for values education -- Educating for character, and why schools need help from home -- What values should schools teach? -- What is good character? -- The teacher as caregiver, model, and mentor -- Creating a moral community in the classroom -- Moral discipline -- Creating a democratic classroom environment : the class meeting -- Teaching values through the curriculum -- Cooperative learning -- The conscience of craft -- Encouraging moral reflection -- Raising the level of moral discussion -- Teaching controversial issues -- Teaching children to solve conflicts -- Caring beyond the classroom -- Creating a positive moral culture in the school -- Sex education -- Drugs and alcohol -- Schools, parents, and communities working together. |
| Summary |
Discusses the educator as a role model, the classroom as a moral community, and confronting the issues of drugs, alcohol, and sex. |
| Subject |
Moral education -- United States.
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Moral education -- Canada.
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Students -- United States -- Conduct of life.
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Students -- Canada -- Conduct of life.
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Responsibility -- Study and teaching.
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| ISBN |
0553370529: $12.50 |
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9780553370522 |
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