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Webster, Dustin – Educational Theory, 2021
In this essay Dustin Webster argues that it is not the teaching of academics, but instead contributing to the ethical development of students that allows teachers to flourish in their roles. Engaging in what he calls "ethics education" provides intrinsic value that serves a teacher's flourishing as well as adding instrumental value in…
Descriptors: Ethics, Teaching Methods, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development
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Chinnery, Ann – Educational Theory, 2015
In contrast to the Kantian principle that we are morally accountable only for those actions over which we have control, Bernard Williams, Thomas Nagel, and others have argued that luck plays a significant role in the moral life. Put briefly, moral luck is at play when we are appropriately praised or blamed for our moral actions despite the fact…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Moral Development
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Caranfa, Angelo – Educational Theory, 2004
Past and present discussions on education all too frequently neglect the role that silence plays in learning. In this article I set out to demonstrate that silence is the very foundation of learning. My claim is that we must find ways of freeing silence in our pedagogical practices so that our discourse does not denigrate into mere empty words,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Spiritual Development, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Foundations of Education
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Owen, David B. – Educational Theory, 1982
This essay considers Jean Jacques Rousseau's conception of history in "Emile" and its relationship to Rousseau's educational curriculum. History is, for Rousseau, at the heart of the curriculum and is one of the chief instruments for imparting knowledge of the world and encouraging moral behavior. (PP)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education