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Cowley, Christopher – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2017
In a recent thought-provoking piece, Peter Roberts argues against the central role of happiness as a guiding concept in education, and argues for more attention to be paid to despair. This does not mean cultivating despair in young people, but allowing them to make sense of their own natural occasional despair, as well as the despair of others. I…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Moral Issues, Moral Development, Role of Education
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Penwell, Derek L. – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2009
The profoundly thoughtful--not to mention extensive--character of the scholarship historically applied to the nature of the difference between Plato and Aristotle on the issue of the tragic emotions raises the obvious question: What new is there left to say? In this article, the author seeks to hold together two separate issues that have occupied…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Tragedy, Moral Values, Art
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Sherblom, Stephen A. – Journal of Moral Education, 2009
The "care challenge" is shown to be both broader and more successful than Walker and Frimer's (this issue, pp. 53-68) critique allows. The main philosophical and psychological tenets of the care challenge foreshadowed the direction of twenty-first century moral psychology.
Descriptors: Moral Development, Moral Values, Altruism, Empathy
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Reed, Don Collins – Journal of Moral Education, 2009
The model of moral functioning scaffolded in the 2008 "JME" Special Issue is here revisited in response to three papers criticising that volume. As guest editor of that Special Issue I have formulated the main body of this response, concerning the dynamic systems approach to moral development, the problem of moral relativism and the role of…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Moral Development, Psychological Patterns, Reader Response
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Boyd, Dwight R. – Journal of Moral Education, 1979
Five assumptions embedded in the notion of principled morality are interpreted philosophically and psychologically, emphasizing the dynamic nature of principled moral judgment. The assumptions concern the purpose of morality, the place of reason, the autonomy of the moral agent, the autonomy of moral discourse, and principles in morality.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethics, Fundamental Concepts, Moral Development
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Wesson, Anthony J. – Journal of Educational Thought, 1986
Explores the relationship between dispositions (i.e., continuities of inclinations and habits), episodic behavior, emotions, and desires; and the development of moral autonomy. Argues that autonomy requires a settled disposition toward the good. Contrasts theories of autonomy based on wants/desires and on ideals. (AYC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Ethics, Individual Development, Moral Development
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Miller, Joan G. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
This chapter argues for the essential role of culture in forming the basic constructs and theories of developmental psychology. The case is made for the need to overcome the cultural insularity of core developmental concepts and methods in order to create a psychology that is more truly universal.
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Cultural Influences, Moral Values, Research
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VanDyke, Roger R. – Quest, 1980
The premise that "sports builds character" is scrutinized through a discussion of several contact sports--boxing, hockey, and football. The fine line between assertiveness and aggression is explored, and the interrelationship between society and sports is investigated. (JN)
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Athletics, Competition
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Susky, John E. – Journal of Thought, 1979
Critiquing Skinner's and Kohlberg's moral development theories as inadequate, the author asserts that affective development (compassion, empathy, caring) is necessary to moral action. While saying that schools are limited in their ability to provide moral education, he outlines qualities of an educational environment which could facilitate moral…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
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Arsenio, William F.; Lemerise, Elizabeth A. – Social Development, 2001
Summarizes the main debate points on the issue and nature of bullies and bullying, and clarifies unresolved issues concerning the nature and limits of social competence values. Argues that variations in children's emotion processes may underlie some individual differences that have been found in empathy, social information processing, and reactive…
Descriptors: Aggression, Bullying, Child Behavior, Children
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Klein, Jeanne – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2005
While several developmental models of aesthetic understanding, experience, and appreciation exist in the realms of visual art and music education, few examples have been proposed in regard to theatre, particularly for child audiences. This author argues that children gaze upon theatre in differential ways by including age as a variable…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Music Education, Aesthetics, Aesthetic Education
Scheibe, Karl E. – 1994
While human emotions are often considered instinctive, this paper examines the notion that indifference to events or circumstances which might seem to have a prima facie claim to emotional significance is related to the narrative construction of those events or circumstances in the life of the observer, and is not a result of absolute stimulus…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Context Effect, Cultural Context
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Levin, David Michael – Teachers College Record, 1982
The importance of helping children understand the human body, with its inborn sense of moral goodness, is portrayed as a basis for moral education. The works of philosophers and psychologists are noted for the insights they offer for such understanding, and implications for teaching are suggested. (PP)
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education