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Building Character in Schools Resource Guide
Karen E. Bohlin (Author), Deborah Farmer (Author), Kevin Ryan (Author)
9780787959548, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 23 January 2002
176 pages
27.4 x 19.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.386 kg
Building Character in Schools Resource Guide offers school administrators and teachers a practical handbook for developing, assessing, improving, and institutionalizing character education in their schools. It is filled with real-life examples-- both successful and unsuccessful-- of character education efforts; it clearly illustrates the differences among values, virtues, and points of view; and it presents guidelines for designing effective lessons, units, assessment, and classroom activities.
Preface xi 1 Character Education: What Is It and Why Is It Important? 1 2 Views, Values, or Virtues 10 3 Building a Community of Virtue 30 4 Cultivating Character Through the Curriculum 38 5 Engaging Parents in Character Education 51 6 The Teacher's Work: Nurturing Character 64 7 Helping Students Take Command 74 Appendices Part 1: Good Ideas 83 A The Character Education Manifesto 85 B Character Education Reading List 89 Appendices Part 2: Action Strategies 93 C Internalizing Virtue: An Instructional and Schoolwide Framework 95 D 100 Ways to Bring Character Education to Life 97 E Friendship and Character in Film 105 F Virtue in Action: A K-8 Guide 107 G Helping Younger Students Understand the Virtue of Respect 109 H Columbine Elementary School, Grades K-5: Personal and Social Responsibility Standards 111 I Stepping Stone Activities for Grade 7: Justice 119 J Benjamin Franklin Classical Character School Discipline Reflection Form 121 K Sample Survey of Perceived School Environment: For Teachers, Parents, and Students 123 Appendices Part 3: Curriculum 127 L The Great depression: learning Courage and Hopw 129 M Sojourner's Example: Developing Courage 131 N Peppe the Lamplighter: Envisioning Diligence 135 O Developing a Yearlong Theme: Our Choices Reveal Our Character 139 P Elizabeth Barker, Prison Educator: Thinking About Choice 143 Notes 149 The Authors 153 Index 155
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
