The Just Community Approach to Moral Education: System Change or Individual Change?

Autor/inn/en	Oser, Fritz K.; Althof, Wolfgang; Higgins-D'Alessandro, Ann
Titel	The Just Community Approach to Moral Education: System Change or Individual Change?
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 37 (2008) 3, S.395-415 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
Schlagwörter	Ethical Instruction; Citizenship; Democracy; Community Programs; Foreign Countries; Moral Values; Values Education; Social Justice; Democratic Values; Problem Solving; Ethics; Social Development; Skill Development; Educational Change; Student Participation; Participative Decision Making; Educational Environment; School Culture; Citizenship Education; Student Behavior; Trust (Psychology); Germany; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Staatsbürgerschaft; Demokratie; Ausland; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Werterziehung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Problemlösen; Ethik; Soziale Entwicklung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Bildungsreform; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Deutschland; USA
Abstract	This article focuses on the development of, and new theorising about, a strong democracy education intervention, the Just Community approach. Three questions frame the discussion: (1) Does democracy education change children and adolescents or do students in these programs change their schools, or is there a dynamic interaction over time? (2) How can democracy be "learned"? How can the concept of democracy be most thoroughly learned and how can democratic problem-solving skills best be acquired? (3) How can we optimise the chances that the knowledge and skills learned will motivate future active citizenship? The article begins with a brief history of the Just Community approach, a description of the original developmental model created by Lawrence Kohlberg and collaborators and some variation in more recent European Just Community programs. In a discussion of controversial and difficult issues democracy education may face, the second question takes centre stage and several structural aspects are offered that should be included in such efforts to maximise their effectiveness. In the remainder of the article, new perspectives coming from Europe are introduced. Some additional pathways to the Just Community approach and their justifications, which have not played a significant role in the theory and practice of the "traditional" model but can add to its strengths, are identified. Finally, the idea of "trusting in advance" is introduced as critical for well-functioning educational democracies. (Contains 2 figures and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10