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Values and Teaching: Working With Values in the Classroom
Examines the theories of values and methods of teaching and using values in schools
353 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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About the author
Louis E. Raths
10 books1 followerLouis Edward Raths was an educator and a professor of education.
Raths received his B.A. in Education in 1927 from Antioch College, where he had interned at the Winnetka Illinois public school district and collaborated with its well-known superintendent, Carlton Washburne, to develop grade-specific elementary school curricula and strategies for student retention.
Raths received his M.A. in Education in 1930 from the University of Chicago, while teaching at the University’s Laboratory School. He received his Ph.D. in Education from Ohio State University in 1933, while working as a research assistant in the Bureau of Educational Research.
Raths took a position as principal of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans home in Xenia, Ohio. In 1935, he returned to Ohio State University as an assistant professor in the Bureau of Educational Research and associate director of evaluation of the Eight Year Study. In 1947, he became a profess at New York University, where he founded the Modern Education Service. In 1962, he became Distinguished Service Professor and Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction at Newark State College (now Kean University).
Raths' theoretical approach was to focus on problem students' behavior associated with a difficulty in the area of values, thinking, or needs. He developed tests to identify problem areas, and he developed curricular interventions to invite the student to gain experiences in their area of difficulty. He also develop measures of students’ social class, so that teachers could adapt their treatment of a student to counter their own bias.
Raths received his B.A. in Education in 1927 from Antioch College, where he had interned at the Winnetka Illinois public school district and collaborated with its well-known superintendent, Carlton Washburne, to develop grade-specific elementary school curricula and strategies for student retention.
Raths received his M.A. in Education in 1930 from the University of Chicago, while teaching at the University’s Laboratory School. He received his Ph.D. in Education from Ohio State University in 1933, while working as a research assistant in the Bureau of Educational Research.
Raths took a position as principal of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans home in Xenia, Ohio. In 1935, he returned to Ohio State University as an assistant professor in the Bureau of Educational Research and associate director of evaluation of the Eight Year Study. In 1947, he became a profess at New York University, where he founded the Modern Education Service. In 1962, he became Distinguished Service Professor and Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction at Newark State College (now Kean University).
Raths' theoretical approach was to focus on problem students' behavior associated with a difficulty in the area of values, thinking, or needs. He developed tests to identify problem areas, and he developed curricular interventions to invite the student to gain experiences in their area of difficulty. He also develop measures of students’ social class, so that teachers could adapt their treatment of a student to counter their own bias.
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