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Brant, Jonathan, Ed.; Lamb, Michael, Ed.; Brooks, Edward, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2022
Across the globe, educators are grappling with how best to prepare a new generation to engage the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. Along with knowledge and skills, many are now emphasizing the importance of character. Yet, while there has been a robust movement to educate character among children and adolescents, much less…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, College Students, Universities
Barnes, L. Philip, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
What are the key debates in Religious Education teaching today? "Debates in Religious Education" explores the major issues all RE teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It encourages critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to think more deeply about their practice, and link research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills, Religious Education, Religion
DeVillar, Robert A., Ed.; Jiang, Binbin, Ed.; Cummins, Jim, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2013
This research-based volume presents a substantive, panoramic view of ways in which Australia and countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America engage in educational programs and practices to transform the learning processes and outcomes of their students. It reveals and analyzes national and global trajectories in key areas of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Global Approach, Learning Processes
Davies, Ian, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
"Debates in History Teaching" explores the major issues all history teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It encourages critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to think more deeply about their practice, and link research and evidence to what they have observed in schools. Written by a range of…
Descriptors: Evidence, History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Debate
Daniels, Harry, Ed.; Lauder, Hugh, Ed.; Porter, Jill, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Educational Theories, Cultures and Learning" focuses on how education is understood in different cultures, the theories and related assumptions we make about learners and students and how we think about them, and how we can understand the principle actors in education--learners and teachers. Within this volume, internationally renowned…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Brain, Social Environment, Educational Policy
Schmidt, Patricia Ruggiano, Ed.; Pailliotet, Ann Watts, Ed. – 2001
The essays collected in this book highlight the important links among home, school, and global society that will help students understand one another and contribute to a cohesive community. They describe the work of educators and children, and the materials and strategies they use to explore values such as compassion, caring, sharing, respect, and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Critical Viewing, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education
Veugelers, Wiel, Ed.; Oser, Fritz K., Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers is divided into three sections. After "Introduction" (Wiel Veugelers and Fritz K. Oser), the first section, "Learning from Morality," includes "On Becoming Moral: How Negative Experience Can Inspire the Moral Person" (Fritz K. Oser); "Who Should I Become? Citizenship, Goodness, Human…
Descriptors: Action Research, Child Rearing, Democratic Values, Educational Environment
Bybee, Jane, Ed. – 1998
This book comprises articles exploring the origins and development of guilt and its relationship to adaptive behavior and mental illness in children. The articles are grouped in four sections, covering the nature of guilt; how guilt develops; inducing, instilling, and alleviating guilt; and guilt and adjustment. The articles are: (1) "How Does…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Development
Hala, Suzanne, Ed. – 1997
Defining social cognition as our attempts to make sense of how people think, perceive, infer, feel, and react, this book examines both the classical issues and contemporary understanding of theory and research in social cognitive development. The initial chapters highlight one of the central, theoretical tensions in the field, which is whether the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Developmental Psychology, Emotional Development
Bergen, Doris, Ed. – 1998
The chapters and essays in this book are drawn from the 1988 edition of "Play as a Medium for Learning and Development." The first chapter, "The Challenge of Educational Play," by Bernard Spodek and Olivia N. Saracho, is followed by two essays: (1) "Play and the Origin of Species," (Michael J. Ellis); and (2)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Computer Uses in Education, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
Halstead, J. Mark, Ed.; Taylor, Monica J., Ed. – 1996
The major purpose of this book is to set out some of the key issues and debates relating to the importance of values in education and of education in values. After an introductory chapter about the concept of values and values education, part 1 provides a variety of perspectives on the values that underpin contemporary education. The introduction…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Oser, Fritz K., Ed.; And Others – 1992
This book offers a new paradigm for teaching--one that gives equal weight to both the practical and the moral dimensions of the craft. Contributions from educators around the world show how to combine effective and responsible teaching so that students come away with not just skills and knowledge but values and sensibilities as well. The volume…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach
Bukowski, William M., Ed.; And Others – 1996
Most research on the subject of friendship has concentrated on peer acceptance, dyadic properties, and the contribution that friendship makes to development and adjustment. This book explores the role of friendships in a child's social and emotional growth. The articles, based on presentations made at an SRCD (Society for Research in Child…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development
Bornstein, Marc H., Ed. – 2002
Concerned with practical aspects of meeting children's needs, this volume, the fifth of five on parenting, describes the nuts and bolts of parenting as well as the promotion of positive parenting practices. The volume consists of the following 19 chapters: (1) "The Ethics of Parenting" (Diana Baumrind and Ross A. Thompson; (2) "Parenting and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development
Farber, Betty, Ed. – 1999
This collection of articles is compiled to offer parents and teachers guidelines to help navigate between a child's intentions and his or her behavior. The book consists of 43 brief chapters divided into 9 sections. Articles in section one, "Guiding Young Children's Behavior," address issues of discipline, setting limits, effective…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Child Health
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