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ERIC Number: EJ560871
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
How Not To Discuss Character Education.
Etzioni, Amitai
Phi Delta Kappan, v79 n6 p446-48 Feb 1998
In his February 1977 article in "Kappan," Alfie Kohn criticizes nearly everyone involved in character education, asserting that the values taught in American classrooms are based on the "ideological legs of behaviorism, conservatism, and religion." Kohn should partake of humility, a commonly taught virtue. Fair treatment for everyone is a teachable value that everyone agrees on. (MLH)
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Conservatism, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Values, Religious Factors, Values Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Character Education; Communitarianism; Fairness