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Wynne, Edward – Principal, 1986
Growing public concern with student discipline, increases in student suicide rates, homicides, and high pregnancy rates of teenage girls are causing educators to give renewed attention to the concept of "character development" in public education. (MD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development
Peer reviewedSchaps, Eric; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1986
Describes the Child Development Project in California, which holds that academic and character education are equally important goals for schools. The project has been established to produce long-lasting effects on children's "prosocial" development. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities
Download full textWhiteley, John M.; Yokota, Norma – 1988
This monograph reviews the impact of the freshman year and the four years of undergraduate study on a central dimension of personal development: the formation of character and its progression from late adolescence to young adulthood. A foreword by Nevitt Sanford places the discussion in the context of a general loss by American universities of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Consciousness Raising, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
Peer reviewedWei, Tan Tai – Journal of Moral Education, 1990
Examines how the principles and virtues of Confucianism holistically meet moral education's requirements. Discusses justice, equality, and truthfulness as Confucian principles and the character virtues (wisdom, courage, compassion, and love) necessary for living the moral life. Stresses understanding motive, arguing that the moral person desires…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Altruism, Confucianism, Ethical Instruction
Peer reviewedPeshkin, Alan – Educational Leadership, 1986
Outlines the program of Bethany Baptist Academy, a fundamentalist religious K-12 school in the Midwest. The school socializes the students to think and behave according to the dictates of its religious doctrine. (MD)
Descriptors: Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Values, Personality Development
National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1986
U.S. Secretary of Education, William J. Bennett, expressed concerns about the condition of U.S. education in the areas of content, character, and choice. This document comprises the papers of 12 scholars on the public policy and the research implications of this theme. Three addresses were given on the issue of content by Russell Kirk, Thomas…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Course Content, Ethical Instruction
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1987
The National School Boards Association proposed to the United States Department of Education a project, "Building Character in the Public Schools," designed to enhance character development in the schools through involvement of more than 15,000 local school boards in this country. The project had two overall goals: to heighten national awareness…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Change Strategies
