Recent attacks on character education in a UK context: a case of mistaken identities?

This article offers a response to some recent critiques of character education in a UK context, in general, and the approach promoted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, in particular. The article argues that critiques of current UK character education betray an inadequate grasp of sign...

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Auteur principal: Kristján Kristjánsson 1959- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge 2021
Dans: Journal of beliefs and values
Année: 2021, Volume: 42, Numéro: 3, Pages: 363-377
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Großbritannien / Éthique des valeurs / Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues / Formation du caractère / Éthique de la vertu / Aristotélisme / Néolibéralisme
RelBib Classification:KBF Îles britanniques
NCA Éthique
NCB Éthique individuelle
Sujets non-standardisés:B neo-Aristotelianism
B Character education
B Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues
B Neoliberalism
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Résumé:This article offers a response to some recent critiques of character education in a UK context, in general, and the approach promoted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, in particular. The article argues that critiques of current UK character education betray an inadequate grasp of significant factions within its group of advocates, and that there is reason to question the suggested idea of a single policy network. More specifically, claims that the Jubilee Centre’s conception of character is neoliberal, conservative, individualist and religiously tethered are rebutted. At a more abstract level, the critics are shown to misrepresent the underlying philosophy of the Centre’s character conception: neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics.
ISSN:1469-9362
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2020.1848151