Teaching Peace

THOMAS J. LASLEY II is Professor and Endowed Chair of the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Dayton in Ohio./e He is the coauthor of numerous books including Biting the Apple: Accounts of First Year Teachers (1980) and A Handbook for Developing Schools With Good Discipline (1982) and the editor of Issues in Teacher Education (1986).

• Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Cultural Perspectives on Value Dispositions What is Selflessness? Values That Diminish Selflessness and Foster Aggression Selflessness and Nonaggression: Cultural Examples Selfishness and Aggression: Cultural Examples Personal Perspectives on Value Acquisition Self-Definition: Personal Conditions for Selflessness Learning to Care and Share Educational Perspectives on Teaching Values Selfless Schools Selfless Families Selfless Communities Appendix A: Teaching Responsibility: Case Examples Appendix B: The Literature of Selflessness Appendix C: Character Education Programs Bibliography Index