TY - JOUR
T1 - Moral education and the construction of meaning (IF: 0.458)
AU - Wardekker, W.L.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - In this article, I develop the idea that the starting point of moral education is formed by the affective commitments individuals make in the course of growing up. The task of education is to enable children to critically consider and revise these commitments, as part of the development of a reflective personal identity. Ethical concepts like justice as well as other culturally developed 'instruments' may be taught in order to structure the discursive development of identity. This points to a view of moral education that differs from the two approaches that are now most popular.
AB - In this article, I develop the idea that the starting point of moral education is formed by the affective commitments individuals make in the course of growing up. The task of education is to enable children to critically consider and revise these commitments, as part of the development of a reflective personal identity. Ethical concepts like justice as well as other culturally developed 'instruments' may be taught in order to structure the discursive development of identity. This points to a view of moral education that differs from the two approaches that are now most popular.
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U2 - 10.1080/0031910410001693263
DO - 10.1080/0031910410001693263
M3 - Article
SN - 0013-1911
VL - 56
SP - 183
EP - 192
JO - Educational Review
JF - Educational Review
IS - 2
ER -
