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Teachers help steady modern democracy by teaching children the limits of liberty and by cultivating the social virtues -- trust, cooperation, helpfulness, and the like -- upon which civil society depends. We need not only to recognize this but also to avoid education policies that undermine their willingness and ability to do so.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
PART I Teachers, Teaching and Values
Chapter 1 Teachers and Teaching
Chapter 2 Values and Valuing
PART II Teachers' Values
Chapter 3 Family and Children's Values
Chapter 4 Religion
Chapter 5 Social Values: Trust, Helpfulness and Fairness
Chapter 6 Freedom
Chapter 7 Equality
Chapter 8 Science
PART III Teachers' Values and Democracy
Chapter 9 Teachers' Values In Unsteady Democracy
About the author
Robert Slater holds a Master's degree from Harvard University and a PhD from the University of Chicago. A Senior Fulbright Scholar to Peru in 1996, and again to Bolivia 2010, his teaching, research and writing focuses on education and the vicissitudes of democracy. He is Professor of Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he directs the doctoral program in educational leadership and coordinates research development for the Cecil J. Picard Center.
Summary
Teachers help steady modern democracy by teaching children the limits of liberty and by cultivating the social virtues -- trust, cooperation, helpfulness, and the like -- upon which civil society depends. We need not only to recognize this but also to avoid education policies that undermine their willingness and ability to do so.
