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Gotz, Ignacio L. – Educational Theory, 1989
This reply to Reese's article takes exception to his view of the "common good," since no agreement on common values exists. The reply also rejects Reese's notion that public schools are the only way to promote the common good. (IAH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Values
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Smith, Stacy – Educational Theory, 2000
Examines what values and virtues schools should cultivate in students as part of a program of moral or citizenship education, noting how these values and virtues differ based on historical and political contexts. The article focuses on four recent volumes on moral and citizenship education. (SM)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
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Li, Huey-li – Educational Theory, 2005
In this paper, I first examine the three justifications most often provided for differentiating, discounting, or even disclaiming the present generation's moral responsibility to future generations. I then discuss ideological critiques of, and educational solutions to, the complicity of formal educational institutions in propagating these…
Descriptors: School Role, Ideology, Ethics, Citizenship Education
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Sidorkin, Alexander M. – Educational Theory, 1997
Discusses the need to overcome domination in education, arguing that such cultural phenomena as carnival could do a better job of overcoming domination than the ethics of justice and care, and suggesting that the concept of domination belongs to the language of freedom rather than the language of morality. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Higher Education