Civic and moral learning builds upon mcclellans overarching point that moral education and civic virtue in america has undergone multiple transformations throughout history through scholarly analysis of didactic christian morality as taught in early american schoolhouses to the rise of modern pragmatism and the eventual focus on the individual and back again to the emphasis on christian . From its formative years to the present advocates of various persuasions have written and spoken about the countrys need for moral and civic education responding in part to challenges posed by b edward mcclellan this book offers research findings on the ideas people and contexts that have influenced the acquisition of moral and civic learning in the america. From its formative years to the present advocates of various persuasions have written and spoken about the countrys need for moral and civic education responding in part to challenges posed by b edward mcclellan this book offers research findings on the ideas people and contexts that have influenced the acquisition of moral and civic learning in the america. Civic and moral learning in america herausgegeben von warren d patrick j