University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2005 Presuppositions In Moral Education Discourse: Developing An Analytic Framework And Applying It To Moral Education Traditions Maria Sciaino University of Central Florida Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STARS Citation Sciaino, Maria, "Presuppositions In Moral Education Discourse: Developing An Analytic Framework And Applying It To Moral Education Traditions" (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 390. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/390 PRESUPPOSITIONS IN MORAL EDUCATION DISCOURSE: DEVELOPING AN ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK AND APPLYING IT TO SEVERAL MORAL EDUCATION TRADITIONS by MARIA A. SCIAINO B.A. Stetson University, 1985 M. Ed. Stetson University, 1990 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 2005 © 2005 Maria Sciaino ii ABSTRACT Moral education is ever more important in our schools today, but the various moral education traditions make it difficult to decide which tradition best serves our purpose and population. This dissertation develops and uses an original analytic framework to narrow the choices of moral education curricula. The analytic framework introduced presuppositions that expounded upon one’s center of value or source of moral authority, the nature of people and their capacity for rational thought, the nature of society, the time orientation of tradition, and the resulting morality in action.