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Experience Is Not the Whole Story: the Integral Role of the Situation in Dewey's "Democracy and Education"
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Hildebrand, David L. – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2018
The central objective of Dewey's Democracy and Education is to explain 'what is needed to live a meaningful life and how can education contribute?' While most acquainted with Dewey's educational philosophy know that 'experience' plays a central role, the role of 'situations' may be less familiar or understood. This essay explains why 'situation'…
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Philosophy, Social Values, Moral Values
Moral Education in Mainland China Today: A Bio-Ecological Systems Analysis
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Yang, Chao – Journal of Moral Education, 2021
It is widely acknowledged that China is much wealthier than ever before. However, many have witnessed rising cases of moral disorders and the inefficiency of school-based moral education. As one of the most widely known theoretical frameworks in the social sciences, Bronfenbrenner's bio-ecological systems theory of human development can provide an…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Values Education, Systems Approach
Character Education: Better Students, Better People
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Elias, Maurice, Ed. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
The application of social-emotional and character development (SECD) in classrooms is about teaching, practicing, and modeling essential personal and civic life habits and skills that are almost universally understood as making people good human beings. Among these habits are respect, responsibility, integrity, caring, fairness, and constructive…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Integrity, Values Education, Moral Development
Teaching Strategies for Moral Education: A Review
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Schuitema, Jaap; ten Dam, Geert; Veugelers, Wiel – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2008
We present the results of a literature review of studies on teaching strategies for moral education in secondary schools (1995-2003). The majority of the studies focus on the "what" and "why", i.e. the objectives, of curriculum-oriented moral education. Attention to the instructional formats for enhancing the prosocial and moral development of…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Service Learning, Social Influences, Moral Development
Distributive Justice and Social Studies Education.
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Fraenkel, Jack R. – Social Education, 1991
Explores the meaning of distributive justice and considers the importance of teaching the concept in social studies classes. Delineates characteristics of reasonable arguments for treating people differently to bring about justice. Presents situations to generate classroom discussion of the concept of justice. (NL)
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Human Dignity
Value Clarification in the Social Studies: Six Formats of the Values Sheet. Research Bulletin.
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Casteel, J. Doyle; And Others – 1974
One of the major goals of the social studies is to help students gain and refine skills in the area of value clarification. Value sheets, carefully planned activities designed to elicit value clarifying patterns of language from students, are one way of securing value clarification. Sheets, planned in conjunction with ongoing units of instruction,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Decision Making, Democratic Values