Values education, moral development, critical thinking, and critical pedagogy are important educational concepts, each with its own philosophical and political background and educational practices. This paper reports on efforts to link elements from these different approaches to the secondary education curriculum. First, a model of "Teaching…

Values education has recently been high on the political agenda in many countries, including the Netherlands. Using a theoretical framework based on traditions in several academic areas, this study examined attitudes of Dutch parents, teachers, and secondary school students regarding moral education goals and the division of moral tasks between…