This book breaks new ground in our understanding of the development
of social consciousness and social responsibility in young people
and the educational practices that promote this development. Berman
shows that children's awareness of the social and political world
emerges far earlier and their social and moral abilities are more
advanced than we thought. Drawing on the research literature in
such fields as moral development, citizenship education, political
socialization, prosocial development, and psychosocial development,
Berman provides educators and researchers with the developmental
understandings and instructional strategies necessary to enable
students to become active, caring, and responsible members of our
social and political community.
"I believe this book pushes the field of educational and
developmental psychology to a new level. It addresses some of the
most pressing issues of our time..". -- Mary Field Belenky,
University of Vermont, author of Women's Ways of Knowing
"Berman pushes us to consider how more than service
opportunities or isolated courses in contemporary issues will be
needed if students are to become engaged citizens. In doing so, he
lays the groundwork for a movement to reclaim the civic purposes
that once undergirded American education. Achieving this end will
require a transformation of curriculum, instruction, and school
structures aimed at incorporating multiple perspectives, providing
more room for student voices, and supporting the formation of
interactive school communities in which students feel cared for and
influential". -- Gregory Smith, Lewis and Clark College, author of
Education and the Environment: Learning to Live with Limits
General
Imprint: |
State University of New York Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
SUNY series, Democracy and Education |
Release date: |
April 1997 |
First published: |
April 1997 |
Authors: |
Sheldon Berman
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
264 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7914-3198-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Philosophy of education
|
LSN: |
0-7914-3198-3 |
Barcode: |
9780791431986 |
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