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ERIC Number: EJ370906
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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In Search of the Modern Hero.
Shugar, Carol E.
Childhood Education, v64 n4 p202-05 Apr 1988
Provides profiles of contemporary figures who can serve as appropriate role models (heroes and heroines) for today's young people. Profiled are Desmond Tutu, Neil Armstrong, Mother Teresa, Lech Walesa, Jesse Jackson, Jacques Cousteau, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, and Anatoly Shcharansky. (SKC)
Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Individual Development, Moral Development, Profiles, Role Models, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Bibliographies
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Heroes