Welcome to the Thirteenth Annual
Values and Leadership Conference
** Download Charles Burford's PowerPoint Presentation here. (1.04 MB) **
Sponsored by:
The D. J. Willower Center for the Study of Leadership and Ethics of UCEA
The Pennsylvania State University
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With Support from:
Center for Education, Law and Society, Simon Fraser University
The British Columbia Ministry of Education
The Penn State Rock Ethics Institute
The Penn State College of Education Outreach Program
and
The Donald J. and Catherine F. Willower Endowment in Educational Administration
Conference Theme:
"Exploring the Intersections of Moral Literacy and Educational Leadership"
“The absence of moral literacy is a glaring omission from our national efforts to strengthen education. U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, referring to the High School Reform Initiative, explains that enhanced education is not just an ‘education issue’. It is also an economic issue, a civic issue, a social issue, and a national security issue” (2006, p.1). If we have learned anything at all from the economic impact of the ethics violations of companies like Enron (Brewer, 2004) or the social and civic impacts of the recent Congressional ethics violations (Feldmann, 2006), we should certainly have learned that to fully answer the challenge of a changing world, we cannot ignore the essential role of moral literacy in our children’s education.”
“Living an ethical life is an achievement, and one that must be carefully and continuously cultivated. … The phrase ‘literacy’ reflects the fact that ethical behavior requires complex abilities and skills, but it also is used to emphasize that the development of these abilities and skills can be and should be enriched through education.”
“Moral literacy should be no different than math or reading literacy. Since all of us as individuals, as professionals, and as citizens will need to make numerous moral decisions throughout our lifetime, what stronger argument can there be for making moral literacy a component of our formal educational experience? What better way to help strengthen education for the 21 st Century? ”
Nancy Tuana, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State University (2007)
These circumstances constitute a challenge to researchers as much as they do to practitioners. Educational leaders in particular confront a need to find ways to promote and develop moral literacy within schools and classrooms, and indeed within the hearts and minds of all students and faculty. This quest highlights a number of issues worthy of attention for those of us interested in promoting moral leadership practices and teaching about values and ethics.
This year we are interested in receiving paper and presentation proposals focused on the following sub-themes:
1) From Theory to Methodology
2) Pressure Points for Developing Moral Literacy
3) Culturally Differentiated Education
4) Resources for moral literacy and ethical leadership
Conference Coordinators:
Paul T. Begley
Edward Hickcox
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