Routledge Research in Character and Virtue Education
About the Book Series
This series provides a forum for established and emerging scholars to discuss the latest debates, research and theory relating to virtue education, character education and value education.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
AnnaMary Goodall: [email protected]– Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Hardwick: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Civic Education at a Crossroads: The Christian Nationalist Threat to Public Schools
1st Edition
By Bryan J. Henry
August 29, 2025
This book turns to political theory as a framework for understanding the rise of political and religious extremism, and in particular the Christian Nationalist position, identifying solutions to civic challenges, and arguing for the vital role that public schools play in providing the civic ...
Law as Civic Education: Reimagining a K-12 Curriculum for Democratic Citizenship and Individual Character
1st Edition
By Ariel Liberman
June 26, 2025
If a civic education is the essential foundation for a functioning, discursive democracy, how should it be taught? This book offers an innovative solution, arguing that far from abandoning the often- grand promise of civic education as a means of cultivating reasoning skills and democratic ...
Ubuntu Virtue Theory and Moral Character Formation: Critically Reconstructing Ubuntu for the African Educational Context
1st Edition
By Grivas Muchineripi Kayange
May 06, 2025
This book investigates the ubuntu theory-based conception of virtue and moral character formation in the northern, western, and eastern regions of Africa, suggesting a critical reconstruction of ubuntu by conceptualising the four different forms of practices in moral character formation. Arguing ...
Educating for Care and Virtue Development in Young Children: Research Approaches in Ethics Education from the MelArete Project
1st Edition
Edited
By Luigina Mortari
May 02, 2025
This book champions care education in early childhood school contexts, addressing the critical need for an effective and meaningful ethics education grounded in Platonic and Aristotelian reflections on virtues, and ultimately positing a theory of ethics education that connects ancient philosophy to...
The Pedagogy of the Community of Philosophical Enquiry as Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives on Talking Democracy into Action
1st Edition
Edited
By Joshua Forstenzer, Fufy Demissie, Vachararutai Boontinand
November 07, 2024
This edited volume combines reflections, methods, and experiences from a globally diverse group of scholars to investigate the meaning, value, and effectiveness of the pedagogy of the Community of Philosophical Enquiry (CoPE) – derived from or in conversation with Lipman and Sharp’s Philosophy for ...
Historical and Contemporary Foundations of Social Studies Education: Unpacking Implications for Civic Education and Contemporary Life
1st Edition
By James E. Schul
August 26, 2024
This book explores the rich history and depth of the educational field of social studies in the United States and examines its capacity to moderate modern-day anti-democratic forces through a commitment to civic education. Drawing out key significant historical moments within the development of ...
Seven Democratic Virtues of Liberal Education: A Student-Inspired Agenda for Teaching Civic Virtue in European Universities
1st Edition
By Teun J. Dekker
May 27, 2024
This book argues that the liberal arts and sciences (LAS) model of education can inspire reform across higher education to help students acquire crucial civic virtues. Based on interviews with 59 students from LAS programmes across Europe, the book posits that LAS education can develop a range of ...
Literature and Character Education in Universities: Theory, Method, and Text Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Edward Brooks, Emma Cohen de Lara, Álvaro Sánchez-Ostiz, José Maria Torralba
May 31, 2023
Literature and Character Education in Universities presents the potential of literary and philosophical texts for character education in modern universities. The book engages with theoretical and practical aspects of character development in higher education, combining conceptual discussion of the ...
A Christian Education in the Virtues: Character Formation and Human Flourishing
1st Edition
By James Arthur
January 09, 2023
A Christian Education in the Virtues examines the connection between human nature and human flourishing. It draws on ancient and medieval sources to explore the formation of the person based on a Christian anthropology, emphasising the communal nature of the virtuous life and provides a richer ...
Virtues and Virtue Education in Theory and Practice: Are Virtues Local or Universal?
1st Edition
Edited
By Catherine A. Darnell, Kristján Kristjánsson
May 30, 2022
Virtues and Virtue Education in Theory and Practice explores questions about the locality versus the universality of virtues from a number of theoretical and practical perspectives. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it considers the relevance of these debates for the practice ...
Cultivating Moral Character and Virtue in Professional Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By David Carr
June 30, 2020
Cultivating Moral Character and Virtue in Professional Practice is a pioneering collection of essays focused on the place of character and virtue in professional practice. Professional practices usually have codes of conduct designed to ensure good conduct; but while such codes may be necessary and...
Virtues in the Public Sphere: Citizenship, Civic Friendship and Duty
1st Edition
Edited
By James Arthur
June 30, 2020
Virtues in the Public Sphere features seventeen chapters by experts from a variety of different perspectives on the broad theme of virtue in the public sphere. Spanning issues such as the notion of civic friendship and civic virtue, it sheds light on the role that these virtues play in the public ...