Morality and Citizenship in EducationThe first section of the book compares and contrasts 'declinist' accounts of the current moral predicament with the somewhat more optimistic approach derived from recent sociological analyses. The second section is more directly devoted to the role of schools in educating about values, morality and citizenship. Specific curricular issues such as the values of enterprise and enterprise culture, educating about citizenship, and the ambiguities about the meaning of the term 'spiritual' are dealt with in successive chapters. |
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Tradition and Change Is Britain in Cultural and Moral Decline? | 11 |
Curriculum Implications Moral and Civic Education for TwentyflrstCentury Citizens | 55 |
Bibliography | 134 |
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