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Educating for Intellectual Virtues: From Theory to Practice
Author(s) -
Baehr Jason
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9752.12023
Subject(s) - courage , honesty , curiosity , intellectual development , intellectual history , sociology , education theory , epistemology , character (mathematics) , psychology , pedagogy , higher education , social psychology , philosophy , political science , law , developmental psychology , geometry , mathematics
After a brief overview of what intellectual virtues are, I offer three arguments for the claim that education should aim at fostering ‘intellectual character virtues’ like curiosity, open‐mindedness, intellectual courage, and intellectual honesty. I then go on to discuss several pedagogical and related strategies for achieving this aim.