Character Education Through a Reflective Moral Inquiry: A Revised Model that Answers Old Questions

dc.creator	Allen O. Guidry
dc.date	2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:10:42Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:10:42Z
dc.identifier	1937-3929
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e35f0a550e1647258a8b7b4a3710deac
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13852
dc.description	With trends suggesting a new era of democratic pluralism in the United States, traditional notions of character education must be revisited. In this climate of diversity and cultural heterogeneity indoctrinary approaches to character education must be replaced by responsive and inclusive approaches that have an eye toward building consensus among disparate viewpoints. No character education approach to date has gained salience on all the varied issues surrounding moral schooling in today’s educational climate. In an increasingly pluralistic American society it would seem that it is necessary for character education programs in the public schools to foster a reflective, self-analytical vision of morality and character that has at its heart the reciprocity of one’s actions within the bounds of democratic society, an approach that is neither indoctrinary nor relativistic. This article forwards a process approach rooted in the social studies called reflective moral inquiry that answers many challenges of existing approaches.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	East Carolina University
dc.relation	http://www.joci.ecu.edu/index.php/JoCI/article/view/10/14
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1937-3929
dc.source	Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 21-37 (2008)
dc.subject	Character education
dc.subject	moral education
dc.subject	social studies education
dc.subject	inquiry learning
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Character Education Through a Reflective Moral Inquiry: A Revised Model that Answers Old Questions
dc.type	article