
Ethical Education: Towards an Ecology of Human Development (Cambridge Education Research)
Cambridge University Press, 7/16/2020
EAN 9781108477406, ISBN10: 1108477402
Hardcover, 220 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 1.3 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Ethical education should help students become more sensitive to the perspectives and experiences of others. However, the field is dominated by the teaching of moral values as a subject-matter, or by the fostering of character traits in students, or by moral reasoning. This book proposes an alternative to these limited moralistic approaches. It places human relationships at the core of ethical education, in its understanding of both ethics and education. With contributions from renowned international scholars, this approach is laid out in three parts. Part I develops the underlying theory of ethics and education; Part II focuses on the relevant pedagogical principles, and Part III provides illustrations of emergent innovative ethical educational practices in worldwide schools. Against a backdrop of divisiveness and apathy, the innovative practices described in this book show how a new vision for ethical education might be centred around caring for students' well-being.
General introduction Scherto R. Gill and Garrett Thomson
Part I. Theoretical Perspectives on Ethical Education
Introduction to Part I Scherto R. Gill and Garrett Thomson
1. Ethical education
a relational perspective Kenneth J. Gergen
2. Ethical relationships in schools
learning to engage with others Scherto R. Gill
3. Towards an ethical understanding of others Garrett Thomson
Conclusion to Part I Scherto R. Gill and Garrett Thomson
Part II. Pedagogical Approaches to Ethical Education
Introduction to Part II Scherto R. Gill and Garrett Thomson
4. Changing cultures
relationship and sensibility Sharon Todd
5. Ethical, existential and spiritual re-orientation Hans Alma and Christa Anbeek
6. Confirming moral agency
through pedagogy of the sacred and pedagogy of difference Hanan A. Alexander
Conclusion to Part II Scherto R. Gill and Garrett Thomson
Part III. Practices of Ethical Education in Schools
Introduction to Part III Scherto R. Gill and Garrett Thomson
7. Re-learning the value of direct experiences
schools as ethical community Colleen McLaughlin
8. Cultivating inner qualities
a case study of developing ethical relations in Chinese schools Yaqing Mao
9. Ethical relationships in secondary classrooms
a case study of pedagogical practices in the UK and Colombia Scherto R. Gill
Conclusion to Part III Scherto R. Gill and Garrett Thomson
10. Towards an ecology of ethical education
a human-centred approach Scherto R. Gill and Garrett Thomson.