Moral and Character Education

Thoma, Stephen and Walker, David Ian (2017) Moral and Character Education. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education.

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Abstract

At its core, moral and character education aims to develop the moral person. The development of this end state has been hindered by interests from different theoretical positions, differences between practitioners and theoreticians, different assumptions about how far this is educable, and associated measurement problems. Traditionally, moral education is concerned with the interpretation and strategies one uses to understand moral phenomena and defines the moral person as a predominantly thinking entity, whereas character education emphasizes the development of habits and dispositions as a precondition for the moral person. Current interest is in finding commonalities across these traditions towards the achievement of human flourishing. These points of intersection have often been overlooked, but current work is demonstrating the importance of interdisciplinary approaches. These exciting new advances have important implications for practitioners, researchers, and policy makers.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: L900 Others in Social studies
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing
Depositing User: Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited: 20 Sep 2017 14:46
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 09:20
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/31893

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