| Drowning in the Clear Pool: Cultural Narcissism, Technology, and Character Education- A Primer for Secondary Education Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Kincheloe, Joe L. (Editor), Ryan, Francis J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820445576 ISBN-13: 9780820445571 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Secondary - Philosophy - Psychology |
| Dewey: 373.011 |
| LCCN: 00048742 |
| Series: Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education |
| Physical Information: 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With marked increases in school violence, educators have again been called upon to emphasize character education in their classrooms. While diversity of community values has rendered such efforts increasingly problematic, a more fundamental impasse to character education is cultural narcissism. Adolescents influenced by an inflated sense of grandiosity, entitlement, devaluation of others, and self-absorption often dismiss character education as irrelevant or constraining to their me-centered life-styles. To counter cultural narcissism, teachers need to foster character education by developing the moral system (self-understanding, social cognition, moral sentiments, and moral judgment) in each of their students. A creative use of educational technology can help teachers raise moral sensitivity, while simultaneously diluting the negative influences of cultural narcissism that pervades much of contemporary American life. |