1st Edition

Moral Education and Pluralism

Edited By Mal Leicester, Sohan Modgil, Sohan Modgil Copyright 1999

    Volume IV looks at the development of moral education, with particular relation to the context of cultural pluralism. Taking a theoretical approach, it discusses philosophical issues of moral relativism as well as the application of theory to good practice.

    List of Contributors Editors' Foreword Mal Leicester, Celia Modgil and Sohan Modgil Part One: Reflections 1. Society's Voice Nick Tate 2. Should Moral Educators Abandon Moral Relativism? Glyn Phillips 3. A Clarification of Some Key Terms in Values Discussions David Aspin 4. The Meaning of Dominance, the Dominance of Meaning and the Morality of the Matter Barbara Applebaum and Dwight Boyd 5. From Cultural Patchwork to Rainbows: tightropes in values education John Colbeck 6. The Cultural Desert of Schooling Tony Skillen 7. Manifestations of Relativism and Individualism in Moral Judgements of Individuals: implications for moral education Mordecai Nisan Part Two: Curriculum Dimensions 8. Developing a Values Framework for Sex Education in a Pluralist Society J. Mark Halstead 9. Moral Imagination and the Case for Others M.B. Wilkinson 10. Value Conflict and Fair Play, and a Sports Education Worthy of the Name Mike McNamee and Carwyn Jones 11. Learning Moral Commitment at University in a Plural Society Gerald Collier 12. Personal, Social and Moral Education in Latvia: problems and prospects Krista Burane, Augusts Miles, Ieva Rocena and Janis Valbis 13. Inclusive Moral Education: a critique and integration of competing approaches Bill Puka 14. Schemas, Culture and Moral Texts Darcia Narvaez and Christyan Mitchell Part Three: Moral Values 15. Values and Studentship in Post-compulsory Education and Training Terry Hyland 16. What Value the Postmodern in Values Education? James W. Bell 17. Authenticity, Teachers and the Future of Moral Education James C. Conroy and Robert A. Davis 18.E Pluribus Unum: American educational values and the struggle for cultural identity Christopher R.L. Blake and James Binko 19. Values in Education: definitely, your feet are always in the water Isabel Menzes and B.P. Campos 20. Valuing Being Anthony J. Grainger 21. Values in Multicultural Education: whose ethics? Mark Mason

    Biography

    Mal Leicester, Sohan Modgil, Sohan Modgil

    'This volume can be recommended for its breadth of authorial provenance.' - Journal of Christin Education