1st Edition

Teaching for Active Citizenship Moral values and personal epistemology in early years classrooms

152 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

There is strong social and political interest in active citizenship and values in education internationally. Active citizenship requires children to experience and internalize moral values for human rights, developing their own opinions and moral responsibility. While investment in young children is recognised as an important factor in the development of citizenship for a cohesive society, less... Read more

Foreword Teaching for Active Citizenship in early education classrooms: Research insights from the fields of moral values and personal epistemology  Chapter 1 Active Citizenship, values education and personal epistemology  Chapter 2 Personal epistemologies in the context of teaching and learning about moral values  Chapter 3 Teachers’ personal epistemologies and teaching practices for learning moral values  Chapter 4 Children’s personal epistemologies  Chapter 5 Epistemic climates for teaching moral values: A holistic approach  Chapter 6 Promoting personal epistemologies for learning moral values: Implications for active citizenship  Index

Biography

Joanne Lunn Brownlee is Professor in the School of Early Childhood, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Eva Johansson is Professor of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Stavanger, Norway.

Susan Walker is Professor in the School of Early Childhood, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Laura Scholes is a research project manager in the Office of Education Research, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.