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Values in the Key of Life: Making Harmony in the Human Community
Kent L. Koppelman
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Exciting News!
IN PRAISE OF
“Values in the Key of Life is truly a remarkable book! Koppelman uses his skill as an excellent storyteller to touch the places deep within us that connect us with others. In its simplicity, this is a book of great wisdom. Its stories provide mirrors through which readers can see themselves, their neighbors and the possibility of using each day to build community. It's a very welcome book in a time when we so greatly need to talk about values, and so rarely do.”
—Christine Sleeter, California State University, Monterey Bay
"The quotations and anecdotes are thought provoking and memorable, and they have been selected from sources as diverse as the Bible, Voltaire, Chief Dan George, and Alice Walker. The essays tell real stories about real people to help explore issues related to each of
the seven key values. Readers are asked to consider such fundamental questions as: 'What motivates people to help others?' 'Why should we value money and possessions?' 'Does a benevolent person help some but not others? Why is it so hard to forgive?' 'Do differences define us or divide us?' In exploring such questions the author addresses a wide range of issues including sexual violence, the use of Indian mascots, the persistence of homophobia, the separation of church and state, misrepresentations in the media, prejudiced perceptions of people with disabilities and the need for multicultural education."
—As printed in the National Association for Multicultural Education Newsletter, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2003
ABOUT THE BOOK
Based upon his premise that as the musical scale gives us seven notes with which to create harmony in the keys of A through
G, Kent Koppelman, has ingeniously brought us seven values from which harmony is created—in the Key of Life.
Altruism, Benevolence, Collaboration, Diversity, Empathy, Forgiveness and Grace.
Values in the Key of Life is about values, about conflicting values and about choices that the author has not merely written, but composed into a “pleasing arrangement of parts” suggesting that harmony can be promoted with seven values which will build bonds between
individuals and create a sense of community. By exploring these values in anecdotes, quotations and essays, Dr. Koppelman reveals why these are the key values for creating human harmony. The quotations and anecdotes are thought provoking and memorable, and they have been selected from sources as diverse as the Bible, Voltaire, Chief Dan George, and Alice Walker. The essays tell real stories about real people to help explore issues related to each of the seven key values. Readers are asked to consider such fundamental
questions as:
“What motivates people to help others?”
“Why should we value money and possessions?”
“Does a benevolent person help some but not others?”
“Why is it so hard to forgive?”
“Do differences define us or divide us?”
In exploring such questions the author addresses a wide range of issues including sexual violence, the use of Indian mascots, the persistence of homophobia, the separation of church and state, misrepresentations in the media, prejudiced perceptions of people with disabilities and the need for multi-cultural education.
This is a book filled with simple human stories which raise complex human questions. It is a book for people who have begun to
ask themselves such questions, and for people who have never stopped asking them. It is a book for all people, certainly presented by a virtuoso of human relations.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kent Koppelman grew up in rural Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska where he received two degrees. He taught English and Social Studies in Nebraska, Connecticut, and Iowa. After receiving a Ph.D. from Iowa State University, he accepted a position at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. As a professor in the Educational Foundations Department, he developed and continues to teach a course called "Understanding Human Differences" which deals with issues related to gender, diversity, and multicultural education. This course has been adopted as one of the general education core requirements for the University. In 1988, he was named "Teacher Educator of the Year" for Wisconsin. |
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Also by Kent L. Koppelman
Lucky Man: A Matter of Life and Death
Written and produced by Kent L. Koppelman with Paul Dominic Heckman.
This one-act play, originally performed for the International Death, Grief and Bereavement Conference at La Crosse, Wisconsin, June, 2007 is available as an mp3 download.
Format: MP3
Duration: 29 minutes
Click here for all the details.
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