The Impact of Education

Coeditor, The Impact of Education on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies (Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2022) (with Stephen Pickard and Michael Welker)
 
Volume 5 of a 10 volume series on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies.
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Project Series Description (Canopy Forum article)
 
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Description

This book investigates the impact of education on the formation of character, moral education and the communication of values in late modern pluralistic societies. Scholars from four continents and many different academic fields are involved. While the basic framework for the contributions is informed by Christian traditions, the disciplines cover a significant range, including theology, education, psychology, literature, anthropology, law, and business. This makes for a rich variety of thematic concentrations and perspectives. Readers will quickly sense that the educational foundations and trajectories of any given country are pervasive and have a significant reach into the fabric and shape of the society and its values, making education a barometer of the well-being of a people and their culture. The result is a volume that will inform, stimulate and challenge our understanding of the role of education in contemporary societies. 

Contributions by Chung-Hyun Baik, Ashley Rogers Berner, David S. Cunningham, Joachim Funke, Charles L. Glenn, Robert W. Hefner, Darcia Narvaez, Stephen Pickard, Irene Pieper, Jo-Anne Reid, Heike Springhart, Anne W. Stewart, Michael Welker, and John Witte, Jr.
Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments 
  • Preface to the Series
  • Introduction – Stephen Pickard

Part One: Society, Values, and Character
  • What Has Solomon to Do with Google? Old Testament Wisdom Literature and the Mediation of Truth in Modern Pluralistic Societies – Anne W. Stewart
  • Character Socialization and Diversity in Modern Democracies Today – Robert W. Hefner
  • Character Formation from a Psychological Point of View: Search for Values, Search for Sinn – Joachim Funke
  • Civic Norms and Distinctive Convictions: Finding the Right Balance – Charles L. Glenn

Part Two: National Contexts
  • Restoring the Value(s) of Religion in American Public Education – John Witte, Jr.
  • Stabilizing Continuity and Transforming Spirituality: Germany’s Democratization after 1945 as an Example of the Impact of Education on Character Formation, the Communication of Values, and the Breakdown of Totalitarianism – Heike Springhart
  • School Education in Australia: Building Character and Reforming the Nation – Jo-Anne Reid
  • An Analysis of the Impact of the Korean Education System on
  • the Character, Ethics, and Values of Koreans and Its Implications for Late Modern Pluralistic Societies – Chung-Hyun Baik
  • Public Education and Moral Formation in the United States: A View from the Early Twenty-First Century – Ashley Berner

Part Three: Emerging Themes​
  • Vocational Exploration as Character Formation: A New Direction for Higher Education – David S. Cunningham
  • Character Formation and Literarische Bildung: Aims and Potentials in Literature Education – Irene Pieper
  • Resetting Baselines for an Earth-Centered Moral Education – Darcia Narvaez
 
  • Contributors