Beschreibung:
While investment in young children is recognised as an important factor in the development of citizenship for a cohesive society, less is known about how early years teachers can encourage this in the classroom. This book will present new directions on how teachers can promote children's learning of moral values for citizenship in classrooms.
Foreword Teaching for Active Citizenship in early education classrooms: Research insights from the fields of moral values and personal epistemology Chapter 1 Active Citizenship, values education and personal epistemology Chapter 2 Personal epistemologies in the context of teaching and learning about moral values Chapter 3 Teachers' personal epistemologies and teaching practices for learning moral values Chapter 4 Children's personal epistemologies Chapter 5 Epistemic climates for teaching moral values: A holistic approach Chapter 6 Promoting personal epistemologies for learning moral values: Implications for active citizenship Index