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ERIC Number: EJ1018409
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0077-5762
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The Neglect of Virtue
Sockett, Hugh
Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, v112 n1 p22-40 2013
This chapter argues that schooling neglects virtue through the dominant quest for right answers. This is not only intellectually disreputable in presuming the correctness of what is taught, but it undermines the development of necessary intellectual virtues, such as open-mindedness, impartiality, and accuracy in the school curriculum, and it fails to create the intellectual and moral framework for the democratic citizen, specifically in the development of tolerance, social responsibility, and prudence. This neglect of virtue in schooling is primarily visible in the intellectual characteristics and attitudes of the college freshman.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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