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Faculty
Jay W. Brandenberger, Ph.D. (Section 02)
Director, Experiential Learning & Developmental Research
at the Center for Social Concerns
Assistant Professor of Psychology (Concurrent)
Fellow, Institute for Educational Initiatives
Email: Jay.W.Brandenberger.1@nd.edu
Section 1 of the course is offered by F. Clark Power, Ph.D.
Course Overview
This course examines moral development and moral education
from a variety of perspectives. The following questions will frame our
discussion:
How do individuals develop morally and ethically?
What educational efforts, both intentional and unintentional, foster character and moral development?
How do moral ecology and classroom culture influence individual moral development?
How may the development of moral community facilitate discipline?
To what extent is the teacher a moral agent?
What role does moral imagination play? Can it be enhanced?
What role may education play in developing social responsibility and prosocial behavior?
How can youth learn through service to others and community engagement?
How can various moral education practices best integrate with constitutive elements of prayer, worship, and the like within Catholic schools?
The course draws from a variety of sources (including
Dewey, Piaget, Kohlberg, and current educators) and relevant research.
Throughout, we examine ways of moral knowing, and relevant/practical applications
to the classroom and beyond.
Required Texts
Readings Packet (LaFortune Copy Shop)
Moral Psychology by D. K. Lapsley (Boulder, CO: Westview Press; 1996)
Lawrence Kohlberg's Approach to Moral Education,
by F. C. Power et al. (New York: Columbia University
Press; 1989)
Education for Character: How Our Schools Can Teach
Respect and Responsibility
by T. Lickona (New York: Bantam, 1991)
Recommended Texts
Educating for Life: A Spiritual Vision for Every Teacher
and Parent
by T. Groome (Thomas Moore Press; 1998; ISBN: 0883473836)
An Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education
and the Future of America
by B. R. Barber (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1992).
(Required for Social Studies majors)
Moral Classrooms, Moral Children: Creating a Constructivist
Atmosphere in Early Education
by R. DeVries, R. B. Zan (New York: Teachers College
Press, 1994). (Required for elementary level teachers)
The Students Are Watching: Schools and the Moral
Contract
by T. Sizer et al. (Beacon Press; 1999; ISBN: 0807031208)
Other readings, to be assigned. See also the course
bibliography.
Buy the required books at the Notre Dame bookstore or other source (at http://www.barnesandnoble.com or http://www.amazon.com). Note that there may be time delays (2-4 weeks) when ordering some of the books.
Course Format
The course is an email/internet seminar designed to integrate important subject matter while supporting ACE teachers on site. We will begin with a session during the summer to get to know each other, then communicate by email during the fall and spring semesters. Thus, the three credits of the course will be dispersed over 10 months.
We will explore the realm of distance learning as we support teaching through an electrically connected community. Email sessions will allow us to share common questions and suggestions as the year unfolds.
The course also will facilitate the use of Internet resources as an aid in learning and teaching.
Assignments will be drawn from your classroom and school contexts, and will be framed in relation to portfolio development. Many assignments will be given by email, then posted to the course listserve or emailed to the instructor.
Student choice and direction in the learning process will be key to course development. We welcome your input, and will encourage self-directed study appropriate on the graduate level.
The two sections of the course are independent, but will
follow a similar outline and collaborate when beneficial.
Assignments / Requirements (Section
02, Brandenberger)
Assignment 1
a. Confirm your email address readiness with me
(use full ND email address)
b. Describe your teaching context
c. Buy books and readings packet, and preview
d. Review/learn email, listserve and web procedures
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Check email frequently for assignments and updates . .
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Internet Misc
Course Listserve — The course listserve will enable participants to communicate effectively by email. The address to post to the entire class (section 02, Brandenberger) is: <edu554-02-fa99@listserv.nd.edu> . You must be a member of the class to post to the list.
Important: When posting to the list, use your full Notre Dame email address (First.I.Last.1@nd.edu) in the "From", "Sender" and/or "Reply to" fields. Do not use just your lastname.#@nd.edu or AFSID.#@nd.edu for your posting may not be accepted.
Course
Archive — Our postings to the listserve will be archived for ongoing
consultation. One must be a member of the class to view the archive. The
URL for the archive is:
http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/edu554-02-fa99.html
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