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Nzahabwanayo, Sylvestre – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2018
While the academic literature is replete with affirming that 'values-explicit' citizenship education programs are biased and indoctrinatory, there is scant attention to substantiate this claim. The present paper fills this gap; it investigates the values education notion informing "Itorero," a non-formal citizenship education platform…
Descriptors: Values Education, High School Graduates, Foreign Countries, Informal Education
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Bowen, Deborah C. – Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 2010
Jesus's blessing of the "poor in spirit," who recognize their dependence on God, suggests that an awareness of human limitation is necessary for wise living. How can the Christian educator teach for spiritual poverty? Both Parker Palmer and Richard Kearney, from their different disciplinary and denominational perspectives, argue for the central…
Descriptors: Empathy, Spiritual Development, Religious Education, Christianity
Leichsenring, Andrew – Online Submission, 2010
This thesis explores the teaching of values in Australian schools through a framework established by the Australian Federal government during the 2000s. This paper focuses on: the approaches employed by the Australian Federal government in the implementation of Values Education; and the application of cases of values-based education utilized by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values Education, Social Action, Moral Development
Walsh, David – 1994
Many believe that America's children are exposed to negative messages by the media--violence, irresponsible sex, and materialism--making it difficult for parents to teach traditional values. Noting that what motivates parents is the desire to teach their children right from wrong while what motivates society is financial profit, this book explores…
Descriptors: Advertising, Child Rearing, Competition, Mass Media Effects
McMillan, James H. – 1989
Values and the process of valuing were studied among college students. A framework for conceptualizing college student values developed over a period of 2 years by a 10-member faculty and staff committee at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond) involved the movement of students from recognition of values, through critical thinking, to…
Descriptors: Altruism, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Development, College Students