[PDF] Good References On Character Education eBook

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 030945557X

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The development of character is a valued objective for many kinds of educational programs that take place both in and outside of school. Educators and administrators who develop and run programs that seek to develop character recognize that the established approaches for doing so have much in common, and they are eager to learn about promising practices used in other settings, evidence of effectiveness, and ways to measure the effectiveness of their own approaches. In July 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to review research and practice relevant to the development of character, with a particular focus on ideas that can support the adults who develop and run out-of-school programs. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Author : Thomas Lickona
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 28,98 MB
Release : 2009-09-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 0307569489

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Calls for renewed moral education in America's schools, offering dozens of programs schools can adopt to teach students respect, responsibility, hard work, and other values that should not be left to parents to teach.

Author : Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED).
Publisher :
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 1926
Category :
ISBN :

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The subject of objectives in character education was discussed in a report of progress to the National Education Association, July, 1924. While this topic is not treated separately in this report, the general point of view of the 1924 report is maintained in Chapter 1, The Processes of Character Education, and is restated briefly and discussed at some length in Chapter VI, Professional Preparation of Teachers for Character Education. Investigations thus far warrant the conclusion that the prime factor in the development of any personality is the influence of other personalities. This fact gives emphasis to the conviction that character education is a problem of community life, and that all social institutions and social agencies should share cooperatively this responsibility. Home, school, and church and all other social agencies should put forth every effort to improve the moral tone of society at large--adult society. Appeal should be made to all citizens to help this cause by their own example of good character, since this is many times more effective than precept alone. This bulletin contains: (1) Process of character education; (2) Classroom procedure in relation to character development; (3) Curriculum materials for character development; (4) The school community; (5) Character tests and measurements; (6) Professional preparation of teachers for character education; (7) Delinquency, its forms, causes, and prevention; and (8) Suggestions by way of conclusion. Appended are: (1) Bibliography of character education; (2) Two recent organizations for character education; (3) School and church cooperative plans; and (4) Exemplification of character education. Individual sections contain references and bibliographies. (Contains 4 tables and 32 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.].

Author : Kristján Kristjánsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 1317619072

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This book provides a reconstruction of Aristotelian character education, shedding new light on what moral character really is, and how it can be highlighted, measured, nurtured and taught in current schooling. Arguing that many recent approaches to character education understand character in exclusively amoral, instrumentalist terms, Kristjánsson proposes a coherent, plausible and up-to-date concept, retaining the overall structure of Aristotelian character education. After discussing and debunking popular myths about Aristotelian character education, subsequent chapters focus on the practical ramifications and methodologies of character education. These include measuring virtue and morality, asking whether Aristotelian character education can salvage the effects of bad upbringing, and considering implications for teacher training and classroom practice. The book rejuvenates time-honoured principles of the development of virtues in young people, at a time when ‘character’ features prominently in educational agendas and parental concerns over school education systems. Offering an interdisciplinary perspective which draws from the disciplines of education, psychology, philosophy and sociology, this book will appeal to researchers, academics and students wanting a greater insight into character education.

Author : Sandra Peyser
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Character
ISBN : 9780932796851

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Each year more children come to school unprepared to relate appropriately to others and to contribute to a positive school climate. These children seem to have more problems and less ability to cope with the structural environment of the school. Educators tend to agree that many children lack the character traits necessary for healthy, positive growth and development. Many factors contribute to this situation. Family mobility separates people from their extended families; children spend a limited amount of time with their parents or other influential family members; and children often view inappropriately portrayed behaviors on television and in the movies. Schools have identified character education as part of the solution. This book offers character education activities for the classroom than can be integrated into the school day. It presents 52 activities that can be included in social studies, health, and language arts lessons. The activities are designed for counselors, social workers, and other student services personnel to use when working with individuals, small groups, and classroom guidance. Activities focus on responsibility, good citizenship, compassion, cooperation, and character formation. (Contains 7 references.) (JDM)

Author : Thomas Lickona
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 18,40 MB
Release : 2004-03-10
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0743266994

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Award-winning psychologist and educator Thomas Lickona offers more than one hundred practical strategies that parents and schools have used to help kids build strong personal character as the foundation for a purposeful, productive, and fulfilling life. Succeeding in life takes character, and Lickona shows how irresponsible and destructive behavior can invariably be traced to the absence of good character and its ten essential qualities: wisdom, justice, fortitude, self-control, love, a positive attitude, hard work, integrity, gratitude, and humility. The culmination of a lifetime’s work in character education from one the preeminent psychologists of our time, this landmark book gives us the tools we need to raise respectful and responsible children, create safe and effective schools, and build the caring and decent society in which we all want to live.