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How Teaching Virtues Became A Movement. A Book Review Of The Rise Of Character Education In Britain: Heroes, Dragons, And The Myths Of Character, Judith L. Pace

Democracy and Education

How did character education become so popular? What does its curriculum look like? And what is its educational impact? Lee Jerome and Ben Kisby answer these and other questions in a bold and brilliant book. Focusing on the character education movement in Britain, they dissect its theoretical foundation, explain its ascendancy, analyze its curricula, and examine its results. The authors construct a compelling argument that character education clashes with education for democracy.

Character education claims to be a panacea for improving individual children’s life chances as well as an array of societal problems. But with its deeply flawed ideology, curricula, …

Perspectives Of Character Education From Parents, Students, And Teachers: A Case Study Of A Suburban School, Kelly Hillier

Theses and Graduate Projects

Adolescence...an awkward time in your life when you have an abundant amount of energy, hormones are amuck, relationships are budding, identities are forming, rebellion flourishing, developmental changes, boundaries are being explored, and a passion to conquer dreams. It sounds captivating and exciting but it's a time of life that most adults would not want to return to if given the opportunity. Adolescent years can be an influx of the best of times and the worst of times. It is filled with numerous emotional, physical, and mental changes beginning at infancy. As teens learn to harness this energy and handle these …

An Ethnographic Study Of Participants' Perceptions Of Character Education Including Students, Parents, Teachers, Club Sponsors, Administrators, And Community Support People, Lily Odessa Hogan Stoppleworth

Doctoral Dissertations

This qualitative study examined character education within one educational setting. The researcher created a holistic, narrative description of the extent, quality, and impact of character education at one North Louisiana high school. An emergent design was utilized to examine inductively participants' perceptions of character education initiatives within this single, educational site.

The research questions in this study were: (a) How do participants (students, parents, teachers, administrators, and community members) define character education, and what do they perceive its value to be? (b) How do participants perceive character education in relation to values? (c) How is character education viewed by the …