Critical Thinking, Education, and Postmodernity: Possibilities and Limitations for Moral Education

Autor/in	Kwak, Duck-Joo
Titel	Critical Thinking, Education, and Postmodernity: Possibilities and Limitations for Moral Education
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 9 (2008) 2, S.127-135 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
Schlagwörter	Ethical Instruction; Critical Thinking; Ethics; Teaching Methods; Postmodernism; Moral Values; Criticism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Kritisches Denken; Ethik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Postmoderne; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Kritik
Abstract	The contemporary educational discourse on critical thinking, as one of the primary aims of education, has been divided into the spheres of modernist defense and post-modernist criticism. Critical of both positions, this paper attempts to find a new way of employing critical thinking, especially for the purposes of moral education, by drawing on Bernard William's concept of "ethical reflection." It will be shown that employing critical thinking for the fostering of ethical reflection in our young students can lead them into an "understanding" of ethical, rather than "ethical knowledge," which enables them to properly deal with moral relativism in a culturally pluralistic society. This paper then explores the educational possibilities presented by Socrates' teaching method as an example of this employment, though not without consideration of the attendant educational limitations and dangers. (Contains 5 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Research Institute, Seoul National University. Department of Education, 599 Kwanak-Ro, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-748, South Korea. Tel: +82-2-880-5896; Fax: +82-2-889-6508; e-mail: aper2@hanmail.net; Web site: http://eri.snu.ac.kr/aper
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Update	2017/4/10