Hart, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-0010 and Liddle, A. orcid.org/0000-0001-7491-9771 (2024) Through the Wardrobe of character education: unveiling complexities in implementing the Narnian virtues curriculum. Cogent Education, 11 (1). 2418791. ISSN 2331-186X
Abstract
This article reflects on findings from a qualitative evaluation of the Narnian Virtues Character Education English Curriculum (NV) in the context of critical engagement with the field of character education. We recognise many people argue for or against character education based on ideological positions. This article will reflect on how those positions relate to our data, recognising in practice dominant neoliberal and deficit narratives influence the operationalising of the curriculum. It is then argued that character education has the potential to promote the wellbeing of young people where there exists robust conceptualisions of character and young people, whilst also making an overt effort to resist and challenge dominant ideologies.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Keywords: | Character education; literature; English; curriculum evaluation; Values Education |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2024 13:15 |
Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2024 13:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/2331186x.2024.2418791 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:218945 |