Teaching Character and Virtue in Schools / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9781138907614 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 07/25/2016 Series: Citizenship, Character and Values Education Edition description: New Edition Pages: 210 Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) Teaching Character and Virtue in Schools addresses the contemporary issues of quantification and measurement in educational settings. The authors draw on the research of the Jubilee Centre at the University of Birmingham in order to investigate the concern that the conventional wisdom, sound judgement and professional discretion of teachers is being diminished and control mistakenly given over to administrators, policymakers and inspectors which in turn is negatively effecting pupils’ character development. The books calls for subject competence to be complemented by practical wisdom and good character in teaching staff. It posits that the constituent virtues of good character can be learned and taught, that education is an intrinsically moral enterprise and that c