ABSTRACT
There is widespread agreement that schools should contribute to the moral development and character formation of their students. In fact, 80% of US states currently have mandates regarding character education. However, the pervasiveness of the support for moral and character education masks a high degree of controversy surrounding its meaning and methods. The purpose of this handbook is to supplant the prevalent ideological rhetoric of the field with a comprehensive, research-oriented volume that both describes the extensive changes that have occurred over the last fifteen years and points forward to the future. Now in its second edition, this book includes the latest applications of developmental and cognitive psychology to moral and character education from preschool to college settings, and much more.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|109 pages
Defining the Field Historical, Philosophical, and Theoretical Foundations
chapter 5|23 pages
Lawrence Kohlberg's Revolutionary Ideas
part II|142 pages
Theory-Based Approaches to Moral and Character Education
chapter 12|25 pages
Toward a Theory of the Just Community Approach
chapter 13|25 pages
Contemplative Education
part III|83 pages
Schools-Based Best Practices
chapter 15|9 pages
Pedagogy for the Whole Child
part IV|75 pages
Moral Education in Relation to Civic Engagement, Citizenship, and Democracy Education
chapter 20|21 pages
Citizenship Education in the United States
part V|114 pages
Moral and Character Education Beyond the Classroom