The six virtues of the educated person : helping kids to learn, schools to succeed

The six virtues of the educated person : helping kids to learn, schools to succeed / J. Casey Hurley.

The Six Virtues of the Educated Person discusses two ways of trying to improve American education -- how we do it now, and how we ought to do it. This book offers an alternative schooling model -- one that builds on the positive aspects of our current model and provides hope for public school improv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurley, J. Casey, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2009.
Series:Ebook Central Academic Complete Collection
Subjects:
Public schools > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Education > Philosophy.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Education and state
Education > Philosophy
Public schools
Erziehungsphilosophie
Public School
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 01. OUR CURRENT MODEL OF PUBLIC SCHOOLING; Chapter 02. HOW DID WE GET HERE?; Chapter 03. THE ALTERNATIVE MODEL; Chapter 04. CORE BELIEFS DRIVE EDUCATION; Chapter 05. VIRTUE-BASED EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES; Chapter 06. EDUCATIONAL GOVERNANCE; Chapter 07. CHILDREN LEARN IN COMMUNITY; Chapter 08. AN AESTHETIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PARADIGM; Chapter 09. FROM OUR CURRENT MODEL TO THE ALTERNATIVE; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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