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Handle With Care: Kids and Ethics |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / ESSAYS |
| Author: Nel Noddings, Ph.D. |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2007 |
| Size: 3,423 Words, 21,687 Characters |
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To deal with everyday ethical problems, kids need more than just a simple list of rules or virtues, argues Nel Noddings. They need chances to talk through their problems with caring and engaged adults.
Recently, I visited an excellent independent school to do some work with its faculty and parents. Although the school has a beautiful campus, enviable resources, high test scores, and a dedicated faculty, it was experiencing some problems with bullying. (Bullying is a widespread problem at every level of schooling and socio-economic class; see The Bully Problem Greater Good, Fall/Winter, 2005-06.) While I was there, teachers asked me to talk to fourth graders about the problem. I said that I ...
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This article originally appeared in Greater Good magazine, Vol. III, Issue 1 (Spring/Summer 2006), pp. 20-23. For more information, including how to subscribe, please visit http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/greatergood.html, email Greater@Berkeley.edu, or call 510-643-8965. © 2006 The Center for the Development of Peace and Well-Being. All Rights Reserved.
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