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Stevens, David – Educational Theory, 2023
Societies concerned with preventing acts of violent extremism often target the ideas that are thought to motivate such acts. The state's use of educational institutions is one mechanism by which those ideas are subjected to challenge. Teaching liberal democratic values to students is one method. Here, David Stevens argues that this model is…
Descriptors: Social Values, Terrorism, Prevention, Antisocial Behavior
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Salonen, Arto O.; Laininen, Erkka; Hämäläinen, Juha; Sterling, Stephen – Educational Theory, 2023
The escalating planetary crises of human-induced climate change, the depletion of natural resources, and declining biodiversity call for urgent actions to be taken at all levels of society and by the global community. The current political strategy for a sustainable future that emphasizes economic and technological progress is insufficient to…
Descriptors: Climate, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning
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Franck, Olof – Educational Theory, 2020
In this article Olof Franck examines some prerequisites for the development of an emancipatory ethics education in pluralist contexts. He first formulates a platform for the examination with regard to Gert Biesta's educational philosophy, particularly with reference to perspectives on education, subjectification, and democracy, and then discusses…
Descriptors: Ethics, Teaching Methods, Political Attitudes, Educational Philosophy
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Schultz, Annie – Educational Theory, 2020
In this article Annie Schultz argues that engaging with narratives of resistance and empowerment in literary fiction makes for an important addition to the practice of political education. She is interested, in particular, in what can be gained from the thoughtful contemplation modeled by the inner monologues of literary narrators. Many writers of…
Descriptors: Fiction, Role, Citizenship Education, Civics
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Bezalel, Glenn – Educational Theory, 2022
The growth of academic discussion about teaching controversial topics in the classroom has been matched by parallel studies into conspiracy theories in recent decades. Despite the interdisciplinary interest in the latter, there has been very little discussion of conspiracy theories within educational discourse. This article takes up the discussion…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Case Studies
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Enstedt, Daniel – Educational Theory, 2020
The world religions paradigm (WRP), often regarded as hegemonic in research and education in religious studies, has long been criticized for being modeled on predominantly Protestant, Christian, and Western ideas about religion, and thus running the risk of reductionism and of a failure to recognize expressions of religion that do not fit this…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Religious Cultural Groups, Guidelines, Social Values
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Moses, Russell G. – Educational Theory, 2017
In this essay, Russell G. Moses argues that Charles Sanders Peirce's article "Evolutionary Love" establishes a general normative framework for a logic of evolutionary, progressive imagination that can be used to elucidate an evolutionary continuity between the normative works of Jane Addams, John Dewey, and Alain Locke. This exercise…
Descriptors: Ethics, Teaching Methods, Models, Progressive Education
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Hansen, David T. – Educational Theory, 2017
In this writing, David Hansen illuminates the aesthetic, moral, and epistemic meaning of bearing witness to teaching and teachers by drawing upon a recently completed field-based endeavor that included extensive school visits. Hansen shows how bearing witness can bring the inquirer close to the truth of teaching. However, the witness must…
Descriptors: Inquiry, School Visitation, Educational Practices, Epistemology
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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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Wahl, Rachel – Educational Theory, 2018
In response to a fractured and vitriolic public culture, many civic educators hope to cultivate students' ability to learn from people who are different from themselves. In this article Rachel Wahl illuminates how college students' conceptions of moral order shape their willingness to learn during deliberative dialogue from people whose political…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Political Attitudes, Citizenship Education, College Students
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Jaggar, Alison M. – Educational Theory, 2015
The terms "ideal theory" and "nonideal theory" are used in contemporary Anglophone political philosophy to identify alternative methodological approaches for justifying normative claims. Each term is used in multiple ways. In this article Alison M. Jaggar disentangles several versions of ideal and nonideal theory with a view to…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Politics, Justice, Moral Values
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Corngold, Josh – Educational Theory, 2013
How should common schools in a liberal pluralist society approach sex education in the face of deep disagreement about sexual morality? Should they eschew sex education altogether? Should they narrow its focus to facts about biology, reproduction, and disease prevention? Should they, in addition to providing a broad palette of information about…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Cultural Pluralism, Multicultural Education, Sexuality
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Yacek, Douglas W. – Educational Theory, 2014
Empathy is a necessity in our multicultural world. Modern democratic societies are home to communities with the most diverse religious, political, and moral convictions, and these convictions often directly, even perilously, contradict one another. Educational theorists differ on how empathy can be taught in the face of these contradictions. Does…
Descriptors: Empathy, Cultural Pluralism, Teaching Methods, Epistemology
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Petrovic, John E. – Educational Theory, 2013
Teaching about homosexuality, especially in a positive light, has long been held to be a controversial issue. There is, however, a view of the capacity for reason that finds that those who deem homosexuality to be controversial will ultimately contradict themselves, becoming unreasonable. By this standard of reason, homosexuality should be treated…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Teaching Methods, Sex Education, Epistemology
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McAvoy, Paula – Educational Theory, 2013
In this essay, Paula McAvoy critiques a commonly held view that teaching young people to be good choice makers should be a central aim of sex education. Specifically, she argues against David Archard's recommendation that sex educators ought to focus on the development of autonomy and teaching young people that "choice should be accorded…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Personal Autonomy, Teaching Methods, Sexuality
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