Educating for Character
How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility
Published on 2. September 2009
496 pages
978-0-307-56948-6 (ISBN)
Description
Calls for renewed moral education in America's schools, offering dozens of programs schools can adopt to teach students respect, responsibility, hard work, and other values that should not be left to parents to teach.
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Dr. Thomas Lickona is a developmental psychologist and professor of education emeritus at the State University of New York at Cortland, where he directs the Center for the Fourth and Fifth Rs (Respect and Responsibility). A past president of the Association for Moral Education, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Character Education Partnership and speaks around the world to teachers, parents, religious educators, and other groups concerned about the character development of young people.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books By This Author
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- Contents
- Part One - Educating for Values and Character
- Chapter 1 - The Case for Values Education
- Chapter 2 - Educating for Character-and Why Schools Need Help from Home
- Chapter 3 - What Values Should Schools Teach?
- Chapter 4 - What Is Good Character?
- Part Two - Classroom Strategies for Teaching Respect and Responsibility
- Introduction to Parts Two and Three: Teaching Respect and Responsibility: The Big Ideas
- Chapter 5 - The Teacher as Caregiver, Model, and Mentor
- Chapter 6 - Creating a Moral Community in the Classroom
- Chapter 7 - Moral Discipline
- Chapter 8 - Creating a Democratic Classroom Environment: The Class Meeting
- Chapter 9 - Teaching Values Through the Curriculum
- Chapter 10 - Cooperative Learning
- Chapter 11 - The Conscience of Craft
- Chapter 12 - Encouraging Moral Reflection
- Chapter 13 - Raising the Level of Moral Discussion
- Chapter 14 - Teaching Controversial Issues
- Chapter 15 - Teaching Children to Solve Conflicts
- Part Three - Schoolwide Strategies for Teaching Respect and Responsibility
- Chapter 16 - Caring Beyond the Classroom
- Chapter 17 - Creating a Positive Moral Culture in the School
- Chapter 18 - Sex Education
- Chapter 19 - Drugs and Alcohol
- Chapter 20 - Schools, Parents, and Communities Working Together
- Appendix A: Getting Started and Maintaining Momentum
- Notes
- About the Author
- Copyright
