Table of Contents

Foreword by James Rest Acknowledgements Introduction by Andrew Garrod Theoretical Perspectives The State of Moral Education Theory by Barry Chazan Moral Character Education in the United States: Beyond Socialization versus Development by John Snarey and Thomas Pavkov Shaping an Acceptable Child by Nel Noddings Two Moral Orientations: How Teachers Think and Act in the Classroom by Kay Johnston Moral Education in Practice Schools and Families: Partners or Adversaries in Moral Education? by Thomas Lickona Teaching Moral Reasoning in the Standard Curriculum by Robert Swartz Facing History and Ourselves: A Synthesis of History and Ethics in Effective History Education by Margot Stern Strom, Martin Sleeper, and Mary Johnson Athletic Development and Personal Growth by Jeffrey Beedy Moral Education and Democracy The Adolescent as a Citizen by Ralph Mosher Education for Democracy: Promoting Citizenship and Critical Reasoning through School Governance by Robert Howard and Robert Kenny The Just Community Approach to Classroom Participation by F. Clark Power and Ann Higgins Taking Part: Democratic Elementary Schools by Ethel Sadowsky Selected Bibliography Index About the Contributors

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There is a growing consensus in society on the need for schools and colleges to also provide moral education to their students. This compilation is reflective of a new cognitive developmental approach and includes recent theoretical writing on moral education.

About the Author

ANDREW GARROD is Associate Professor in Education at Dartmouth College. He is the editor of Emerging Themes in Moral Development (forthcoming), co-editor of Perspectives on Teaching, Learning, and Development: Readings in Educational Psychology (1984), and he has written articles for educational journals such as the Harvard Educational Review.