Civic-Moral Education

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Civic-Moral Education
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Civic-Moral Education

• Values Analyses
• Values Clarification - Community
• Values Inculcation -
• Cognitive Moral Development - Justice and Caring

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Values Analysis

• Identify a possible solution to a problem
• List the various parties affected by the solution
• Describe short-term consequences for all -
  collect data
• Describe long-term consequences
• Discuss and debrief

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Values Clarification Theory Seven Sub-Processes

1. opening our minds
2. anticipating consequences
3. sensing our inner guidance
4. choosing
5. acting
6. persisting
7. speaking up

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Values Clarification and its Criticisms

• theory not grounded in empirical research
• no scope and sequence to the curriculum
• teacher neutrality and values relativism
• no distinction between values and personal taste

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Values Inculcation Aspen Institute and National
Standards for Civics and Government

• respect
• trustworthiness
• caring
• justice
• citizenship
• responsibility

• Individual rights life, liberty, property,
  pursuit of happiness
• Common good
• Self-government
• Justice
• Equality
• Truth
• Patriotism
• Openess and free inquiry

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Review and Development

• In Groups of three to five
• Summarize the Key Points
• Expand and Add Ideas
• Raise Questions for Clarification