CHAPTER 3: Daring to Care

Today's schools face multiple stressors. Academic and testing pressures, coupled with school violence, lead to dramatic measures that distort curricula and teaching practices. The need to integrate an ethic of caring is of critical importance. This chapter discusses how an ethos of caring can stimulate academic growth and positive social engagement in our schools, how teachers build such an ethos, and how a vision of teacher education programs can intentionally include an ethic of caring in courses and workshops.