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Kitwood, Tom – Journal of Moral Education, 1998
Discusses aspects of professional education for individuals working in caring roles, particularly with reference to dementia. Describes three experiential learning exercises together with the opportunities they provide for moral development. Makes suggestions about the moral demands of care work and draws inferences for the practice of moral…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Ethical Instruction, Experiential Learning, Health Personnel
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Kitwood, Tom – Journal of Moral Education, 1977
Confronts the social-psychological problem of the relation between values and persons in everyday life. A model meeting the requirements for describing a clear conception of the individual in a social setting, with seven components, is described and used to illustrate what "having values" might mean. Outlines three brief applications. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Models, Moral Development, Moral Issues
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Kitwood, Tom – Journal of Moral Education, 1988
Presents an image of the person as a sentient being to illustrate several problem areas in moral psychology: the theory of social action, gender differences, the nature of moral knowledge, and behavioral consistency. Describes the sentient being relative to three "levels" of psychic activity: conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. (Author/GEA)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Competence, Developmental Psychology, Individual Psychology
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Kitwood, Tom – Journal of Moral Education, 1989
Relates therapeutic outcomes to moral development. Suggests that by addressing the problem of alienation, individuals evolve into moral agents who begin to perceive themselves, others, and the world in new ways. Warns that a person who experiences this moral restoration faces societal conditions which work against therapeutic change. (KO)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Restructuring, Moral Development, Moral Values
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Kitwood, Tom – Journal of Moral Education, 1990
Proposes a postmodern ethics based on mutual respect and trust, derived from psychotherapy, and recognizing the primacy of individual subjectivity. Develops the concept of free attention to one another creating moral space. Stresses affect over reason and practice over theory. Sees moral space as fundamental to the social fabric. (CH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Conflict Resolution, Individual Power, Individual Psychology