moral education

Most of the programs intended to deal with drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, violence, etc have failed because, according to William Kilpatrick, schools and parents have abandoned the moral teaching they once provided. Kilpatrick shows how we can correct this problem by providing our youngsters with the stories, models and inspiration they need in order to lead good lives.

"Carl Hobert calls on K-12 teachers, administrators, parents, and students alike to transform the educational system by giving students the tools they need to become responsible citizens in a shrinking, increasingly interdependent world."--Provided by publisher.

Provides summaries and interpretations of each selection. "Conversation starters" encourage talk about values and elements of faith.

Religion only makes sense if it relates to our lives as we experience them. The same holds true for religion courses. A textbook for Roman Catholic education.

Religion only makes sense if it relates to our lives as we experience them. The same holds true for religion courses. A textbook for Roman Catholic education.

Religion only makes sense if it relates to our lives as we experience them. The same holds true for religion courses. A textbook for Roman Catholic education.

A teacher's guide to character education through analogies, featuring key words, stories, discussion questions, and activities. Includes CD-ROM.

Provides parents with more than one hundred strategies to help their children develop good judgement, integrity, and other essential virtues.

A guide to improving moral intelligence, providing an introduction to ethics, featuring an ethics quiz that poses moral problems, and including twenty-one case studies of ethical dilemmas, each with a series of questions and comments.

Uses stories and conversations to dramatize children experiencing the day-to-day struggles of growing up and explains how parents can use those experiences to instill a sense of integrity in their children.