1st Edition
Teaching Character Education through Literature Awakening the Moral Imagination in Secondary Classrooms
By Karen Bohlin
Copyright 2005
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book shows how secondary and post-secondary teachers can help students become more responsive to the ethical themes and questions that emerge from the narratives they study. It helps teachers to integrate character education into the classroom by focusing on a variety of ways of drawing instructive insights from fictional life narratives. The case studies and questions... Read more
Part 1. Narrative and Moral Agency 1. The Schooling of Desire 2. Literature and the Moral Imagination 3. Fostering Ethical Reflection in Our Classroom Part 2. Case Studies in Character 4. Elizabeth Bennet: Humbled Herione 5. Janie Crawford Woods: Trial and Transcendence 6. Sydney Carton: Rekindling a Sense of Purpose 7. Jay Gatsby: The Tragedy of Blind Eros 8. Final Consideration Appendices a. Definitions and Distinctions b. Extending Reflection Across Novels c. Reproducible Character Study Charts d. Hotlist of Resources for Teachers
Biography
Karen Bohlin
