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ERIC Number: EJ725893
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Sep-1
Pages: 6
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
What Does It Mean to Educate the Whole Child?
Noddings, Nel
Educational Leadership, v63 n1 p8-13 Sep 2005
The public schools in the US should go beyond teaching fundamental skills in a democratic society. The teachers should be allowed to interact with students as whole persons and new policies should be developed that treats the schools as a whole community because the future of the children and democracy depends on them.
Descriptors: Democracy, Public Schools, Democratic Values, Holistic Approach, Educational Policy, Teacher Student Relationship
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1703 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311. Web site: http://www.ascd.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Administrators
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: N/A