| Description |
viii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Care and compassion: care for self and others -- 1.1. Care -- 1.2. Compassion and empathy -- 1.3. Point of view -- 1.4. Extension -- 2. Doing your best: seek to accomplish something worthy and admirable, try hard, pursue excellence -- 2.1. Rewards and accomplishments -- 2.2. Worth and admiration -- 2.3. The pursuit of excellence: an Aristotelian point of view -- 2.4. Extension -- 3. Fair go: pursue and protect the common good where all people are treated fairly for a just society -- 3.1. The common good -- 3.2. Fairness and getting a 'fair go' -- 3.3. A just society -- 3.4. Extension -- 4. Freedom: enjoy all the rights and privileges of Australian citizenship free from unnecessary interference or control, and stand up for the rights of others -- 4.1. Freedom -- 4.2. Rights -- 4.3. Duty, obligation and privilege -- 4.4. Extension -- 5. Honesty and trustworthiness: be honest, sincere and seek the truth -- 5.1. Honesty and truth -- 5.2. Doing and allowing -- 5.3. Trustworthiness -- 5.4. Extension -- 6. Integrity: act in accordance with principles of moral and ethical conduct, ensure consistency between words and deeds -- 6.1. Integrity -- 6.2. Consistency in moral thought and action -- 6.3. The language of rights -- 6.4. Extension -- 7. Respect: treat others with consideration and regard, respect another person's point of view -- 7.1. Respect -- 7.2. Equality -- 7.3. The expression of equality in democracy -- 7.4. Extension -- 8. Responsibility: be accountable for one's own actions, resolve differences in constructive, non-violent and peaceful ways, contribute to society and to civic life, take care of the environment -- 8.1. Responsibility -- 8.2. Intention and accountability -- 8.3. Means and ends -- 8.4. Extension -- 9. Understanding tolerance and inclusion: be aware of others and their cultures, accept diversity within a democratic society, being included and including others -- 9.1. Difference and diversity -- 9.2. Multiculturalism and indigenous issues -- 9.3. Facts and values -- 9.4. Relativism and absolutism -- 9.5. Extension |
| Summary |
Values Education in Schools: A resource book for student inquiry is an important new resource for teachers involved in values and ethics education. It provides a range of practical philosophy resources for secondary school teachers that can be used in English, religious education, citizenship, personal development and social science subjects |
| Subject |
Moral education.
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| Author |
Burgh, Gilbert.
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Tilt MacSporran, Lyne.
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| ISBN |
9780864319920 (paperback) |
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