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The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education
The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education offers the reader a comprehensive and authoritative account of both the theoretical and practical complexities of cultivating virtue in education and beyond. The book moves beyond the usual philosophical literature that merely discusses virtue in the abstract, and offers scholarly, research-informed suggestions for practice.
Drawn from a highly successful international conference organised by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, the chapters in this volume offer a unique insight into the varieties of approaches that leading scholars have identified for putting the learning and nurturing of virtues into practice. Featured are chapters from internationally acclaimed scholars primarily in the fields of philosophy, psychology and education, which are categorised under three headings: philosophical and theoretical foundations for cultivating virtues; developing virtues in practice; and nurturing specific virtues. Beginning with chapters that examine differing theoretical complexities of virtue education, the book then moves on to explore different approaches to nurturing virtue in the classroom and beyond. This practical approach is further evidenced in the final section, where individual virtues are discussed.
The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education highlights the theoretical complexity of putting virtue education into practice and, as a result, is of real use to researchers, academics and postgraduates in the fields of education, philosophy, psychology, sociology and theology. It should also be essential reading for educators in character and virtue.
Drawn from a highly successful international conference organised by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, the chapters in this volume offer a unique insight into the varieties of approaches that leading scholars have identified for putting the learning and nurturing of virtues into practice. Featured are chapters from internationally acclaimed scholars primarily in the fields of philosophy, psychology and education, which are categorised under three headings: philosophical and theoretical foundations for cultivating virtues; developing virtues in practice; and nurturing specific virtues. Beginning with chapters that examine differing theoretical complexities of virtue education, the book then moves on to explore different approaches to nurturing virtue in the classroom and beyond. This practical approach is further evidenced in the final section, where individual virtues are discussed.
The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education highlights the theoretical complexity of putting virtue education into practice and, as a result, is of real use to researchers, academics and postgraduates in the fields of education, philosophy, psychology, sociology and theology. It should also be essential reading for educators in character and virtue.
248 pages, Paperback
Published July 19, 2019
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Tom Harrison
4 books2 followersSenior Lecturer and Programme Director in the School of Education, and Director of Education - Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, at the University of Birmingham.
Tom Harrison is the Programme Director for the MA in Character Education – a three year distance learning degree. He is also the Director of Education in the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and leads on all the applied research projects – working with schools, colleges, employers, voluntary sector organisations and policy makers across Britain as well as internationally. His specialist interests are character education and virtue ethics, character, virtue and the internet, youth social action and citizenship. He has published extensively in these areas as well as developing resources and training programmes for schools and other organisations. He was also the principal investigator on research projects funded by the Department for Education and the Templeton Foundation.
He completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham on the influence of the Internet on character virtues. He is a Senior Fellow of the HEA and has a PGCert in Academic Practice. Tom has written articles for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) and other publications and has appeared on several local and national radio programmes. He is currently the Secretary of the Association for Character Education (ACE).
He has recently been awarded a Birmingham Education Fellowship.
Tom Harrison is the Programme Director for the MA in Character Education – a three year distance learning degree. He is also the Director of Education in the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and leads on all the applied research projects – working with schools, colleges, employers, voluntary sector organisations and policy makers across Britain as well as internationally. His specialist interests are character education and virtue ethics, character, virtue and the internet, youth social action and citizenship. He has published extensively in these areas as well as developing resources and training programmes for schools and other organisations. He was also the principal investigator on research projects funded by the Department for Education and the Templeton Foundation.
He completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham on the influence of the Internet on character virtues. He is a Senior Fellow of the HEA and has a PGCert in Academic Practice. Tom has written articles for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) and other publications and has appeared on several local and national radio programmes. He is currently the Secretary of the Association for Character Education (ACE).
He has recently been awarded a Birmingham Education Fellowship.
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