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The Rise of Character Education in Britain: Heroes, Dragons and the Myths of Character

The Rise of Character Education in Britain: Heroes, Dragons and the Myths of Character

Jerome, Lee
Kisby, Ben

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics

General EducationGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3030277607
ISBN13: 9783030277604
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: Sep 2 2019
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

What is character education? Why has it risen up the political agenda in the UK in recent years? And what does it mean in pedagogical practice? This book addresses these questions, challenging the individualistic and moralistic ideas underlying the clamour amongst politicians, educators and authors to promote 'grit', 'resilience' and 'character' in schools. Closely examining a range of teaching resources, the book shows that the development of character is wrongly presented as the solution to a wide variety of social problems, with individual citizens expected to accommodate themselves to the realities of the contemporary economic context, rather than enhancing their capacities to engage in civic and political activities to bring about changes they wish to see. The book argues that there is a tried and tested alternative to character education, which is far more likely to strengthen British democracy, namely, citizenship education.

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