Educating Competencies for Democracy

Contents: Horst Frank: Citizens of Konstanz as Beneficients of the Konstanz Method of Dilemma Discussion - Kristin Prehn: Moral Judgment Competence. A Re-Evaluation of the Dual Aspect Theory Based on Recent Neuroscientific Research - Marcia Schillinger: Verifying the Dual-Aspect Theory: A Cross-Cultural Study on Learning Environment and Moral Judgment Competence - Zhang Jing/Yang Shaogang: The Research and Development of the Moral Judgment Test in China - Anna Laura Comunian: The Cross-Cultural Construct Validity of the Padua Moral Judgment Scale - Patrícia Unger/Raphael Bataglia/Marcia Schillinger: Moral Segmentation in Studies with the Moral Judgment Test in Brazil - Piotr Lesniewski: Ethics and Metaphysics. On Some Practical Aspects of Erotetic Rationality - Klaus Helkama: Change in Moral Judgment in Medical School: The Role of Hierarchy - Anna Izabela Brzezinska/Tomasz Czub/Magdalena Czub/Radoslaw Kaczan/Konrad Piotrowski/Malgorzata Rekosiewicz: Postponed or Delayed Adulthood? - Aswati Hamzah/Khadijah Binti-Zon: Identification and Characterization of Malay Students' Moral Reasoning Competencies - Jutta H. Wester de Michelini: Discourse Ethics, Moral Argumentation, and Education for Civic Responsibility: A Qualitative Approach to Moral Judgment Test Applied to Young Political Scientists at a Public University in Argentina - Matthias Scharlipp: Experiencing Freedom and Democracy at School: Konstanz Method of Dilemma Discussion - Nadja Groß: Application of the Konstanz Method of Dilemma Discussion in French Class and Its Impact on Pupil Well-Being - Anna Malitowska: How Philosophical Dialog with Children Improves the Moral Judgment and Discourse Competencies - Gerald Gilmore Taylor: Dilemmatic Logical Reasoning Competence in Adolescent Moral Reasoning and Development: A Pilot Training Program - Boris Zizek: Handling Probation-Seekers - With a New Image of Humanity Towards a Positive Education - Katherina Mouratidou: Promoting Students' Moral Development through

Ewa Nowak is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the A. Mickiewicz University of Poznan (Poland), and is currently researching moral cognition and affectivity in demanding social contexts.
Dawn E. Schrader is Associate Professor of Communication and Educational Psychology at Cornell University. She researches intersectionality of morality, moral action and metacognitive reflection.
Boris Zizek is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Mainz (Germany). He is interested in identity and socialization in adolescence.