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Direct linkDovre, Paul J. – Education Next, 2007
The modern character education movement emerged in the 1980s as a consequence of growing parental and public concern for moral drift, or what sociologist James Davison Hunter referred to as "the death of character." This public anomie was captured in these words from Sanford McDonnell, chairman emeritus of McDonnell Douglas and chair of…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Social Values, Program Effectiveness, Ethical Instruction
