Not exact matches
While the study emphasised that the abstinence - only
classes «would not be moralistic», there was an underlying assumption in those
classes that the
children themselves were
moral beings - a striking difference between the abstinence - only and safe sex - only interventions.
I also very much appreciated [Lecturer] Rick Weissbourd's
class on
Moral Education, whose central premise is that
moral education is more than a matter of
moral literacy, of helping
children to determine right from wrong.
Choice parents were also far more likely to report being «very satisfied» with virtually all aspects of their
children's school: its safety, teacher quality,
class size, clarity of school goals, teaching
moral values, academic quality, teachers» respect for students, and so on (see Figure 2).
This resource is inspired by the
morals from my book so can be incorporated into literacy / guided reading lesson, and aims to create
class discussion through the introduction of news words or reflecting on words already learned and how they can personally apply them to their own life, which leads to
children creating positive self declarations which they can take home with them and keep safe.
Don't we have a
moral obligation to provide equitable opportunities to all
children, especially when we know that
class size reduction especially benefits those who need this help most?
While many school districts and libraries have a policy honoring parents» wishes that their own
children be given alternate assignments for
class readings that conflict with their
morals or religious beliefs, in far too many instances schools cave in to parental outrage and simply remove a book from
class reading lists; when the angry mob gets loud enough or politicians up for re-election on the «family values» ticket need to make some noise, they've even resorted to pulling the access to the book, removing it from school and public libraries and classroom borrow shelves.