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Matthew J. Kisner – Theory and Research in Education, 2024
This article's question is whether Spinoza understands the highest human perfection -- which he equates with both our highest good and the love of God -- as a theoretical state, consisting in having knowledge and the perfection of beliefs, or as a practical state, consisting in having virtue and the perfection of action. Consequently, the article…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Ethical Instruction, Individual Development, Role of Education
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Ballard, William Walker – Theory and Research in Education, 2023
This article argues for the need of a new, pragmatic response to claims of indoctrination in public school classrooms across the United States. While attempts at defining indoctrination and moral arguments for and against certain pedagogical practices may be worthwhile, the article maintains that claims of indoctrination, whether substantive or…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Ideology, Educational Practices, Teacher Effectiveness
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Yacek, Douglas W.; Gary, Kevin – Theory and Research in Education, 2020
This article argues for the thesis that epiphanies are a central means for transformative moral and intellectual growth. Drawing on recent work on this concept in moral education, the article develops a conception of epiphany as a genre of transformative experience with three distinct phenomenological dimensions: a disruption of our everyday…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Consciousness Raising, Attitude Change, Ethical Instruction