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Book SynopsisOften the school is left as an institution seemingly ethically neutral, leaving untouched questions about whether the school itself is a site of injustice toward both educators and children. Springing from his well-known Building an Ethical School, Robert J. Starratt now looks more closely at the educational leader's responsibility to ensure that the whole fabric of the educational process reflects an ethical philosophy of education.
Starratt argues that the work of educating young people is by its very nature an ethical work as well as an intellectual work, and that this work inescapably engages educators and their pupils with an academic curriculum, a social curriculum, and a civic curriculum. Cultivating an Ethical School lays a foundation for educators seeking to cultivate a comprehensive ethical educating environment. The second half of the book then takes up the more specific perspectives on teaching and learning that constitute the heart of cultivatin
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"....in this recent volume, Starratt (Boston College) examines the philosophical and psychological foundations underlying his recommendations in the more practice-oriented sections of the earlier work. The author's long experience in the educational trenches is apparent in his treatment of the complex intellectual and social issues involved with ethical teaching in schools." ― K. Ryan, emeritus, Boston University, CHOICE
Table of ContentsPreface
Part I Foundations for Cultivating an Ethical School
Chapter 1 Cultivating an Ethical School in a Changing Context
Chapter 2 Foundational Qualities of an Ethical Person
Chapter 3 A Multidimensional Ethical Framework
Chapter 4 The Mapping of Moral Development
Chapter 5 The Geography of Human Development as Ethical Development
Part II Essentials for Cultivating an Ethical School
Chapter 6 The Moral Character of Learning
Chapter 7 The Ethics of Teaching
Chapter 8 Elements of an Ethical School
Chapter 9 Cultivating an Ethical School (co-authored with M. Bezzina)
Chapter 10 The Complexity of Ethical Living and Learning
