A call for character education and prayer in the schools /

"According to William Jeynes, the lack of both school prayer and consistent moral instruction in our schools has had devastating consequences both for our education system and for the nation as a whole. In A Call for Character Education and Prayer in the Schools, Jeynes makes a compelling case...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jeynes, William
Corporate Authors: ABC-Clio Information Services, Praeger Publishers
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010.
Subjects:
Moral education > United States.
Prayer in the public schools > United States.
Éducation morale > États-Unis.
Prière dans les écoles publiques > États-Unis.
Moral education
Prayer in the public schools
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Do American students need moral education and religious freedom returned to the public schools?
  • The schools of educational philosophy
  • Prayer in the school and moral education in America prior to the Revolutionary War
  • Character education during the post-Revolutionary War period
  • Prayer and moral education in the eyes of the founders of the modern day public school
  • The practice of character education from the mid-1800s until 1962
  • The new philosophy of education beginning in 1962 and 1963
  • America has lost its way
  • A nation without absolute values
  • Most of America's problems are not economic and academic in nature
  • What we can do to restore character education and resurrect religious freedom in America.

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