The Formation of Character in Education: From Aristotle to the 21st Century

James Arthur

The Formation of Character in Education: From Aristotle to the 21st Century
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
4 September 2019
Pages
242
ISBN
9780367206024

The Formation of Character in Education: From Aristotle to the 21st Century

James Arthur

The Formation of Character: From Aristotle to the 21st Century offers an introduction to the foundations, practices, policies and issues of character formation historically. Following a chronological order, it charts the idea of character formation in the Western tradition by critically examining its precursors, origins, development, meanings and uses.

The book is based on the premise that current conditions and debates around character formation cannot be fully understood without knowledge of the historical background. It introduces many of the debates character formation has generated in order to offer different perspectives and possibilities and uses Aristotle as a lens to gain a better understanding of some of these positions, particularly the theoretical goals of character formation. Chapters explore character education from the classical period through the medieval, early modern, enlightenment and Victorian eras to 20th century influences, ending with a discussion of contemporary policies and themes relating to character education.

This book will appeal to academics, researchers, and post-graduate students in the fields of character and virtue education as well as the history of education.

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