Moral courage and the normative professionalism of teachers / / edited by Cees Klaassen, Nava Maslovaty.

• Superior document: Moral Development and Citizenship Education ; 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Klaassen, Cees,; Maslovaty, Nava,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Moral Development and Citizenship Education ; 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

In the past two decades there has been a growing concern in politics and schools to pay more attention to norms and values. Teachers and schools are confronted with normative problems, school violence and students who sometimes seem to have lost their way when it comes to norms and values. Teachers play a crucial and exemplary role in the process of developing students’ awareness of norms and values in school and in society as a whole. This is a complex process that requires a great deal of moral courage of teachers. Confronted with an increase in the number of pedagogical duties the question arises what the teachers’ view is on their normative professionalism. The concept of teaching as a moral endeavour is a fundamental element in the series of studies presented in this book. One of the aims of this book is to be of importance for educational practice, educational policy and teacher education. It can be used in courses of pedagogy, curriculum studies and teacher education to stimulate the reflection about the practical consequences of the societal and educational policy debate about moral and democratic education for the daily work of the teacher. The common focus of this book is on the role of teachers, the moral courage which is demanded of them and the joint commitment with moral and democratic education.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Cees Klaassen and Nava Maslovaty -- Teachers and Normative Perspectives in Education / Cees Klaassen and Nava Maslovaty -- Teachers’ Views and the Need for Moral Courage / Cees Klaassen -- Human Dignity – A Multifaceted Discourse in Teacher Education / Anna Tapola -- Teacher Perspectives on Cultural Diversity and Citizenship Education / Dana Moree , Cees Klaassen and Wiel Veugelers -- The Relationship between Media Literacy Studies and Democratic and Moral Orientations among Israeli Adolescents / Dorit Alt , Nava Maslovaty and Arie Cohen -- Moral Education in School / Brigitte Latzko -- Teaching Religions and World Views in a Plural Society – Teachers in-between Society and Students / Wiel Veugelers -- Acculturation Processes in School and their Contribution to Scholastic, Social and Behavioural Adaptation of Immigrant Youth / Eli Shitreet , Yaakov Iram and Nava Maslovaty -- Values and Knowledge Education (VaKE) in European Summer Camps for Gifted Students / Jean-Luc Patry , Sieglinde Weyringer and Alfred Weinberger -- On the Integration of Moral and Democratic Education and Subject Matter Instruction / Anna Tapola and Lena Fritzén -- The Effects of Personal Background on Civic Concepts, Attitudes and Activities among High School Students / Dorit Alt , Nava Maslovaty and Arie Cohen -- Do Children Account their Personal Relevance on Social Justice Inferences? / Dimitris Pnevmatikos -- The Ideal Affective Extended Domain Traits as Perceived by Education Students / Nava Maslovaty , Mordechai Miron and Arie Cohen -- The Professional Ethos of Teachers / Cees Klaassen.