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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword by Lawrence Kohlberg -- Theory and Methods -- Philosophical Notes on Moral Judgment Theory -- The Theory of Moral-Cognitive Development: A Socio-Psychological Assessment -- Moral Competence and Democratic Personality -- Testing for Moral Judgment Competence -- Moral Judgment and Its Social Context -- Social Inequality and Moral Development -- Value Change and Morality -- The Thin Line Phenomenon: Helping Bank Trainees Form a Social and Moral Identity in Their Workplace -- Attitude Change or Cognitive-Moral Development? How to Conceive of Socialization at the University -- How Scientists Think About Science and Morality -- Morality and the Military Life-World -- Segmentation of Soldiers' Moral Judgment -- Single-Issue Movements: Political Commitment and Moral Judgment -- Moral Judgment Competence and Political Learning -- Philosophical Epilogue: Phylogeny and Ontogeny -- What Is Social About Morality? Morals, Morality, and Ethics in Social Science Perspectives -- Contributors -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects

In 1932 George Counts, in his speech ""Dare the School Build a New Social Order?"" explicitly challenged teachers to develop a democratic, socialistic society. In Democratic Social Education: Social Studies for Social Change Drs. Hursh and Ross take seriously the question of what social studies educators can do to help build a democratic society in the face of current antidemocratic impulses of greed, individualism and intolerance. The essays in this book respond to Counts' question in theoretical analyses of education and society, historical analyses of efforts since Counts' challenge, and pr

Social education is quite a journey. Given the ongoing debate and struggle with "defining" social education, the following is at present a "working definition" - "While we resist 'defining'social education, we believe that social education emphasizes three areas of study: critical pedagogy, cultural/media studies, and social studies education. We also stress that education, interpreted broadly, has the potential to advance social justice. " Thus emerged social education… a lifelong journey for all of us—to question, to challenge, to do, and to create. Connecting present and past, merging current issues with traditional curriculum, integrating alternative texts and perspectives, empowering and emancipating kids and educators, and transforming schools and society—the transgressions of social education scream out. Dewey, Freire, Kincheloe, Zinn, Greene, Giroux, Apple, hooks, McLaren, Kozol, Loewen, Said, Chomsky, even Bob Dylan and many others have provided the impetus. May we make them proud! The essays within this text demonstrate various journeys in social education. They are meant as stories, not maps or scripts. They are intended to serve as a primer of sorts, for those interested in a similar journey. Hopefully, this can be a meaningful experience for many—students, educators, parents, and society as a whole, of course. Well… the journey and struggle continues…