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Costley, Kevin C.; Harrington, Kayla – Online Submission, 2012
Due to the eroding family composition of American families today and other important variables contributing to children's lack of social skills and inappropriate behaviors, the implementation of a Character Education curriculum is a greater need in schools today. This need is much more pressing than during the middle of the last century. Some…
Descriptors: Integrity, Values Education, Ethical Instruction, Educational Needs
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Winton, Sue – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2010
Ontario, Canada's new character education policy is analyzed to determine how it supports and undermines critical democratic commitments to diversity, dialogue, equity, critical mindedness, and social justice. While policies are always open to interpretation, recent reform policies requiring evidence of continual improvement in students' academic…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Democratic Values, Values Education
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Graves, Karen – American Educational History Journal, 2010
As a cultural and university historian focusing on Europe and the United States, Sheldon Rothblatt is more interested in understanding the multiple bearings of liberal arts education as it has developed across the ages. The American high school, from its origins in the 19th century to the contemporary period, represents only a fraction of the…
Descriptors: General Education, Liberal Arts, Personality Development, High Schools
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Cangemi, Joseph P. – Education, 1984
To determine perceptions of self-actualizing behavior as a purpose of higher education, students, professors, and administrators rated 12 self-actualizing behaviors on a 5-point scale from important to unimportant for the university to encourage. Analysis of responses showed the three groups essentially agreed that higher education should develop…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Role, Definitions, Educational Objectives
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Knitter, William – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1988
Delineates the concepts of character, virtue, vice, and privation which undergird Joseph J. Schwab's 'informing vision,' as discussed in "The Practical 4: Something for Curriculum Professors to Do." States that in explicating the informing vision, the animating spirit needs to be retained. (LS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
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Hussain, Khuram – Journal of Moral Education, 2007
This paper offers a theoretical comparison of the concept of the individual presumed in modern Islamic educational theory and western moral educational theory, revealing a distinct Islamic point of view on the western educational premise that a moral universe is derived dialectically between individual and society. From an Islamic perspective,…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Muslims, Moral Development, Educational Theories
Katz, Lilian G. – 1989
Current understandings of children's development suggest that a pedagogy is appropriate for young children if: (1) it is largely informal in structure; (2) attends to children's dispositional and emotional development and development of knowledge and skills; (3) is mainly intellectual rather than academic in focus; (4) balances individual and…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Monoszon, Ele Isaevich – Soviet Education, 1988
Presents chapter 2 from Ele Isaevich Monoszon's 1987 book, "The Establishment and Development of Soviet Pedagogy." Focuses on achievements of the 1920s in establishing a Soviet system of education. Reviews biographies and ideas of five eminent Soviet educators. (CH)
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational History, Educational Principles, Educational Theories
Ziaziun, Ivan A. – Soviet Education, 1989
Discusses the experiences and ideas of Anton S. Makarenko, an early influential Soviet educator known for his children's labor collective school that operated in the 1920s near Poltava. Examines Makarenko's legacy for the current educational reform movement, which emphasizes methods that combine instruction with social production and seeks ways to…
Descriptors: Biographies, Communism, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Monoszon, Ele Isaevich – Soviet Education, 1988
Traces Soviet educational history during the 1950s and 1960s. Presents chapter four from Ele Monoszon's "The Establishment and Development of Soviet Pedagogy." Reviews theories and research of key Soviet educators during this period. (CH)
Descriptors: Communism, Educational History, Educational Principles, Educational Research
Damon, William, Ed. – 2002
The nine essays in this book present perspectives on what is needed in character education from kindergarten to college. Two main themes run through the volume. The first is a consensus among the authors that fundamental moral standards must be passed along to the young and that educators at all levels bear the obligation to transmit these core…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Consciousness Raising, Democratic Values, Educational Principles
Monoszon, Ele Isaevich – Soviet Education, 1988
Reproduces chapter 1 ("The Great October Socialist Revolution and the Initial Stage of the Establishment of Soviet Pedagogy") from Ele Isaench Monoszon's 1987 book, "The Establishment and Development of Soviet Pedagogy." Traces early history of Soviet Union. Reviews foundations of Soviet educational system, highlighting…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Principles, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Monoszon, Ele Isaevich – Soviet Education, 1989
Concludes the excerpts from Ele Monoszon's "The Establishment and Development of Soviet Pedagogy." Notes research done in the Soviet Union on preschool instruction, special education, adult, vocational, and technical education, and briefly mentions comparative research on modern foreign pedagogy. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Development, Comparative Education, Educational Principles
Monoszon, Ele Isaevich – Soviet Education, 1989
Excerpts chapter five from Ele Monoszon's "The Establishment and Development of Soviet Pedagogy." Examines general problems, objectives, principles, and methods of the Soviet pedagogical theory of upbringing. Notes research and theories of key Soviet educators in the 1970s and 1980s. (CH)
Descriptors: Communism, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles
Orlov, A. B. – Soviet Education, 1989
Advocates changing Soviet teacher training and teaching methods. Emphasizes the possibility for personal growth in both teachers and students through educational experiences. Rejects traditional, single-subject, authoritarian, "externalist" approach for a multisubject, dialogue approach that focuses on individual student development and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Principles, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education
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