The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education

Herausgeber: Harrison, Tom; Walker, David Ian

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Produktbeschreibung

The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education offers the reader a comprehensive and authoritative account of both the theoretical and practical complexities of virtue ethics in education and beyond. This practical approach is further evidenced in the final section, where individual virtues are discussed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780367371418
• ISBN-10: 0367371413
• Artikelnr.: 58053448

Autorenporträt

Tom Harrison is the Director of Education at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Birmingham. Tom is the Programme Lead for the MA Character Education. David Walker is a former Senior Research Fellow at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and currently a Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at the University of Northumbria.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors
Introduction
Part 1: Philosophical and theoretical foundations for educating the virtues
Chapter 1: Ancient Roads to Knowledge of Virtue: The Greek Philosophical
Legacy
David Carr
Chapter 2: Healing Character Flaws
Howard Curzer
Chapter 3: Moral Growth: A Thomistic Account
John Hacker-Wright
Chapter 4: Stoicism Today: An alternative approach to cultivating the
virtues
Christopher Gill
Chapter 5: Akrasia as a character trait: An obstacle for moral development
Paulien Snellen
Chapter 6: From 'ordinary' virtue to Aristotelian virtue
Nancy E. Snow
Part II: Theoretical and practical approaches for educating the virtues
Chapter 7: Plato on Dialogue as a Method for Cultivating the Virtues
Mark E. Jonas
Chapter 8: Assumptions and Doctrines that Thwart the Cultivation of Virtues
in Teacher Education
Elizabeth Campbell
Chapter 9: Moral agency as teaching morally and teaching morality: A
practical approach to moral education
Gillian R. Rosenberg
Chapter 10: The link between fiction and empathy as a trait of moral
character: A pedagogical legend?
Bruce Maxwell
Chapter 11: Manners and the Moral Life
David McPherson
Chapter 12: Policy-led Virtue Cultivation: Can we nudge citizens towards
developing virtues?
Fay Niker
Part III: Educating specific virtues
Chapter 13: The Nature and Nurture of Patriotic Virtue
Randall Curren and Charles Dorn
Chapter 14: Aristotelian Philia, Contemporary Friendship, and Some
Resources for Studying Close Relationships
Blaine J. Fowers & Austen R. Anderson
Chapter 15: Can Gratitude Be Cultivated?
Terrance McConnell
Chapter 16: Courage in the Classroom
Candace Vogler
Conclusion