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Changes in Teachers’ Moral Role

From Passive Observers to Moral and Democratic Leaders

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Dorit Alt

    1. Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel

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  2. Roni Reingold

    1. Achva College of Education, Israel

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  • Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in Scope

Part of the book series: Moral Development and Citizenship Education (MORA, volume 6)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Current Changes in Teacher’s Role Definition. From Passive Observer to Moral and Democratic Leader

    • Dorit Alt, Roni Reingold
    Pages 1-11

  3. Just A Teacher or Also A Moral Example?

    • Cees Klaassen
    Pages 13-29

  4. Students’ Trends and Attitudes on Exam Cheating in Greek Primary and Secondary School Settings

    • Catherine Dimitriadou, Androniki Gakoudi, Anna Kalaitzidou-Leontaki, Konstantinos Kousaridis
    Pages 31-44

  5. Teachers’ Perspectives About Participation at School

    • Angela Gastager, Jean-Luc Patry, Andrea Wiedemair
    Pages 45-61

  6. Voicing Oppressed Palestinian Women.

    • Lea Baratz, Roni Reingold
    Pages 63-71

  7. Social Literacy Curriculum

    • Nir Ressissi
    Pages 73-80

  8. School Children’s and Adolescents’ Tolerance to Contradictions

    • Dimitris Pnevmatikos, Eirini Papadopoulou
    Pages 81-92

  9. Multicultural and Democratic Curriculum

    • Nitza Schwabsky
    Pages 93-105

  10. Discovering Virtues with Children

    • Luigina Mortari, Valentina Mazzoni
    Pages 107-120

  11. Constructivist Teaching Methods

    • Dorit Alt
    Pages 121-131

  12. Dialogical and Reflective Activities in The Classrooms to Improve Moral Thinking

    • Diego Di Masi
    Pages 133-145

  13. Discussion-Based Teaching Methods Addressing Policy Issues Related to Agricultural Biotechnology

    • Catherine Näpflin, Fritz Oser, Philipp Aerni
    Pages 147-153

  14. Procedural Justice in A Classroom Where Teacher Implements Differentiated Instruction

    • Dimitris Pnevmatikos, Ioannis Trikkaliotis
    Pages 155-163

  15. Values and Knowledge Education

    • Sieglinde Weyringer, Jean-Luc Patry, Alfred Weinberger
    Pages 165-179

  16. Moral and Democratic Education in The Context of Science Education

    • Jostein Saether
    Pages 181-200

  17. Educating Teachers’ Ethos

    • Brigitte Latzko
    Pages 201-210
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About this book

Education for democratic citizenship encompasses cognitive as well as moral characteristics. The responsibility for cultivating these democratic virtues is placed upon the shoulders of educators who are required to create and encourage democratic social life. These characteristics are constantly challenged in present society, in which subject-matter goals and instrumental skills are gaining more importance than socially-valued goals, thus tipping the scales in favour of cognitive skills. Promoting cognitive skills by itself cannot sufficiently influence the formation of a social disposition and could ultimately create, in Dewey`s words, ‘egoistic specialists’ who lack the moral and democratic virtues needed for the creation of genuine social life. This book emphasizes the pedagogical task of education in this regard, and strives to pay greater attention to the obligations of education as a moral socializing agent. This book offers four perspectives on which the education system needs to focus its attention in order to enhance democratic and moral values: Teachers’ and students’ concepts of moral and democratic education; curriculum design; democratic teaching instructional methods; and teacher education. This volume provides a valuable text for a wide audience of students, teachers, policy-makers, curriculum designers and teacher educators to use as an updated reference book for pedagogical and research purposes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel

    Dorit Alt

  • Achva College of Education, Israel

    Roni Reingold

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