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2005

Character Education

East Tennessee State University

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The Perceptions Of Students, Teachers, And Parents Regarding The Value Of The Lifeskills And Lifelong Guidelines Program., Jessica Anderson May 2005

The Perceptions Of Students, Teachers, And Parents Regarding The Value Of The Lifeskills And Lifelong Guidelines Program., Jessica Anderson

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In recent years there has been an increase in the number of children committing extreme acts of violence prompting many schools to adopt and implement character education programs. Character education has been defined as educating students to understand, act upon, and care about universal virtues like respect, truthfulness, responsibility, and caring. There are many character education programs available from which a school's staff can choose. The LIFESKILLS and Lifelong Guidelines program is one that focuses on producing a caring community of responsible citizens for life.

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to evaluate the perceptions of students, teachers, …