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100	1		_aStraughan, Roger.
245	1	0	_aCan we teach children to be good? : _bbasic issues in moral, personal, and social education / _cRoger Straughan.
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2012.
300			_aviii, 139 p. : _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe apparently straightforward question 'Can we teach children to be good?' cannot be properly understood without a great deal of careful thinking about the philosophical issues involved. Teachers and parents often assume that what the question means and how it should be answered are self-evidently matters of plain 'commonsense', but the dangers of such assumptions are laid bare by the probing approach of this book. After reflecting on the terms 'goodness' and 'teaching' it proceeds to describe and critically examine a number of attempts to define the nature of morality in terms of its form or its content, thereby teasing out the many conflicting views of moral education which follow from these theories. No one account of morality or 'moral education' is found to be wholly satisfactory and a synthesis is offered in the final chapter, which suggests a variety of practical teaching strategies.
650		0	_aEducation _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aEducation _xAims and objectives.
650		0	_aMoral education.
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