Moral & Values Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Moral Responsibility, Authenticity, and Education

   By Ishtiyaque Haji, Stefaan E. Cuypers

   Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

   The primary purpose of this book is to explain the distinction, on the one hand, between indoctrination and education, and, on the other, between responsibility-subverting manipulation and mere causation. Both are elucidated by an appeal to common ground, an account of when our motivations and...

   Published April 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Participation, Facilitation, and Mediation

   Children and Young People in Their Social Contexts

   Edited by Claudio Baraldi, Vittorio Iervese

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Traditionally, children have been considered from a primarily developmental perspective, in need of education in order to achieve autonomy, growth, and eventually adulthood. Childhood studies have recently underlined an alternate way to look at children, starting from the consideration that...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Everyday Ethics

   Reflections on Practice

   Edited by Gretchen Rossman, Sharon Rallis

   Everyday Ethics: Reflections on Practice looks at the moments that demand moral consideration and ethical choice that arise as part of a researcher’s daily practice. Drawing on principles of systematic inquiry as transparent and grounded in conceptual reasoning, it describes research as praxis and...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Values Education Resource File

   A Practical Kit for Exploring the things that Matter

   By Ray Baxter

   Start exploring today! The Values Education Resource File is a highly practical kit, developed with schools for schools, to provide you with a straightforward way of thinking about the things that matter to you and your young people. It includes everything you need to help children and young...

   Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
5. Kant and Education

   Interpretations and Commentary

   Edited by Klas Roth, Chris Surprenant

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy, political philosophy, and philosophy of judgement have been and continue to be widely discussed among many scholars. The impact of his thinking is beyond doubt and his ideas continue to inspire and encourage an on-going dialogue among many people in our world today...

   Published September 18th 2011 by Routledge
6. Chicano School Failure and Success

   Past, Present, and Future, 3rd Edition

   Edited by Richard R. Valencia

   The third edition of the best selling collection, Chicano School Failure and Success presents a complete and comprehensive review of the multiple and complex issues affecting Chicano students today. Richly informative and accessibly written, this edition includes completely revised and updated...

   Published December 15th 2010 by Routledge
7. Critical Issues in Peace and Education

   Edited by Peter Pericles Trifonas, Bryan Wright

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This collection asks theorists and educational practitioners from around the world influenced by the schools of feminist pedagogy, critical pedagogy, anti-racist or postcolonial pedagogy, and gay and lesbian pedagogy to reflect upon the possibilities of articulating a "curriculum of difference"...

   Published November 8th 2010 by Routledge
8. In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions (Routledge Revivals)

   And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Education

   By Israel Scheffler

   First published in 1991, In Praise of Cognitive Emotions comprises fourteen of Scheffler's most recent essays - all of which challenge contemporary notions of education and rationality. While defending the ideal of rationality, he insists that rationality not be identified with a mental faculty or...

   Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
9. Of Human Potential (Routledge Revivals)

   An Essay in the Philosophy of Education

   By Israel Scheffler

   The concept of potential plays a prominent role in the thinking of parents, educators and planners the world over. Although this concept accurately reflects central features of human nature, its current use perpetuates traditional myths of fixity, harmony and value, calculated to cause untold...

   Published June 30th 2010 by Routledge
10. Education, Politics and Religion

    Reconciling the Civil and the Sacred in Education

    By James Arthur, Liam Gearon, Alan Sears

    In recent years a number of popular books have savaged religion arguing it is a dangerous delusion that poisons human societies and relationships. This is but the most recent manifestation of a secularising agenda that has been sweeping contemporary democratic societies since the Enlightenment....

    Published June 16th 2010 by Routledge