Educating Whole People :

Jonathan Cohen reminds us that a genuine education — an education for whole persons — must address social, emotional, and ethical issues, as well as academic. In doing so, he provides readers with a useful review of research and policy in the relevant areas. Most readers will agree that development of the whole person is important for both individuals and their society, but we may disagree on how and where this should be accomplished. Noddings agrees with Cohen that schools should be engaged in this form of education, but Noddings wants to raise a few questions about how to proceed.