Maps, Metaphors, and Mirrors

REVIEW: . . . Students of educational theory and practice will enjoy-and learn from-this brief but enlightening and readable book. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and practitioners. . . - September 98 CHOICE The four teachers in this study teach diverse subjects in a variety of settings. Although definitions of moral education are shaped by their backgrounds, their institutions, their perceptions of their students' needs, and their disciplines, all of the teachers consider moral education to be central to their work. For all four, the moral prototype serves as an appeal to the students' imagination, an opportunity to build connectedness and, most important, an invitation to young people to transcend themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Shaping Moral Behavior. Parameters and Limitations Of Moral Education and Middle Schools Recent Trends in Moral Education. Heroes and Role Models: Their Place in Moral Education The Role of the Teacher in Moral Education The Place of Literature and Narrative Theory in Moral Education The Research and the Researcher. Personal Background and Theoretical Approach Research Design The Sites and Gaining Access to Them The Godol: Hero and Role Model, Tuvial Kaplan, Springfield Torah Institute "Heroes and Role Models of Their Kind", George Stratas, Franklin Pierce Middle School Competent Women, Not "Good Little Girls", Amy Medeiros, Shaw School "Quiet Heroes" John MacDonald, Roger Wolcott Smith School A Cross-Classroom Analysis of the Students Immersion in Popular Culture The Students' Moral Prototypes Conclusions and Implications