tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787999482934202364.post4361164245913313306..comments2023-05-28T07:46:13.657-04:00Comments on social issues: Theory-practice and moral educationLeonard Wakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948820385522641682noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787999482934202364.post-50033775934126422692008-07-16T14:33:00.000-04:002008-07-16T14:33:00.000-04:00Great post; the theory-practice dualism is connect...Great post; the theory-practice dualism is connected to some work that Nick Burbules and I have been doing and presented at PES in April ("Situated Philosophy"). Your writing on the topic here is wonderfully concrete and situated in your own teaching challenges. As someone who teaches ethics and moral education to educators who want some solid "answers," I very much related to your comments.<BR/><BR/>Do you explicitly teach "habits of interpretation" or do you teach the ethical theories and let the habits take care of themselves? I use Nash's (1997) moral brief exercise as a way to provide some useful habits of moral reflection, but wondered if you have other ideas?Kathleen Knight-Abowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675307829340902045noreply@blogger.com