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McGrath, Robert E. – Journal of Education, 2022
This article summarizes issues in defining character education (CE) that are relevant to program development and evaluation. No authoritative definition exists for CE, but several features seem prominent. These include a focus on enhancing civic, moral, self-regulatory, and/or intellectual virtues; and (at least implicitly) prioritizing the…
Descriptors: Values Education, Citizenship Education, Moral Values, Program Content
Rocco, Andrew L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The origins of the American educational system have always included a character education component. Teaching students moral values and the ability to know right from wrong is a component of the educational mission of our society. Character education evolved over the centuries, yet the core values of implementing right from wrong and the necessity…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, Urban Schools, Leadership Training
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Busch, Matthias; Morys, Nancy – Journal of Social Science Education, 2016
Purpose: This article focuses on recent developments in the domain of civic education in the French education system, the new programme on "Enseignement moral et civique" (EMC), and the debate about the relevance of the basic values of the Republic which came up after the terror attacks in January 2015. Method: The study is based on a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Educational Policy, Civics
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Akin, Sibel; Calik, Basak; Engin-Demir, Cennet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
Promoting active citizenship is seen as invaluable for educational practices in schools particularly in existing social, political, economic, and cultural context of Turkish society. The present study is part of a European Union project that aimed to help students develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to actively participate in…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizenship, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Pike, Mark A. – Educational Review, 2007
This article demonstrates that while the more obvious and visible forms of citizenship education (such as introducing it as a new subject on the timetable and a public examination option) are being endorsed and promoted in official discourse, less visible forms (such as attending to ethics and values across the curriculum or the impact of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Program Implementation
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Milana, Marcella; Sorensen, Tore Bernt – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
The article presents selected findings from in-depth case studies of two non-formal learning activities organized by the Danish Folk High Schools and Day High Schools, respectively. The purpose of the empirical study was to investigate how longstanding, non-formal, adult education institutions have worked to foster the acquisition of civic…
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Activities, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries
US Department of Education, 2004
On March 11 and 12, 2004, the United States Department of Education (ED) and the Character Education and Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CETAC) hosted a meeting to discuss the challenges in evaluating the Partnerships in Character Education grant. The meeting goals were to: (1) Receive information regarding the implementation of…
Descriptors: Grants, Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
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Remy, Richard C. – Educational Leadership, 1980
Citizenship curricula should be broad, realistic, and practical. They should reflect global interdependence and the diversity of American society. (Author)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Criteria, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education
Janowski, Andrzej – 1994
This study explores the Polish experience in values education. Between the years 1944 and 1989 Polish education was often state controlled with the sole purpose of subjugating education to Marxist-Leninist ideology. Over the years the communist party's dictates varied in intensity. Despite the party's efforts to prescribe ethics, certain values…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Cline, Hugh F.; Feldmesser, Robert A. – 1979
A number of issues concerning the evaluation of moral and civic education programs are discussed. Four program types are described: (1) rationalist, which involves a high cognitive knowledge of the law and legal processes; (2) actionist, in which students participate in out-of-class projects; (3) values clarification, in which students study,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Objectives, Ethical Instruction, Evaluation Methods
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Winter, Deb; Rice, Chris – Michigan Social Studies Journal, 2000
Describes Lawton (Michigan) Elementary School's "Road to Success" program, which emerged from concern for students' knowledge of civics and ability to participate as effective citizens. Explains that an important aspect of the program is its focus on Core Democratic Values. (CMK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Democratic Values, Educational Benefits
OLIVER, DONALD W.; AND OTHERS – 1962
THIS PROJECT REPORTED ON PUBLIC CONFLICT AND POLITICAL CONTROVERSY AS CONTENT ELEMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS. PART 1 DISCUSSED CRITERIA FOR CONTENT SELECTION IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES AS GENERAL EDUCATION AND AS AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL VALUES. PART 2 DESCRIBED A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA. PART 3 DEALT…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Political Issues
OLIVER, DONALD W.; AND OTHERS – 1962
A DISCUSSION WAS CONTINUED IN THIS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTING AN APPROACH AND ON DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING A TRIAL PROGRAM FOR USING ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONFLICT AND POLITICAL CONTROVERSY AS CONTENT ELEMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS. CONCLUSIONS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE VARIOUS TOPICS DISCUSSED. THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED AS VOLUME TWO OF…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Political Issues
Parsons, James B. – 1977
This bibliographic essay discusses evaluation instruments that could be used to evaluate the K-12 social studies program in Alberta, Canada. The author points out the difficulty of evaluating the Alberta social studies program because its objectives are ill defined and it relies heavily on values and the inclusion of the affective domain. While…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Quisumbing, Lourdes R. – 1994
This study explores the Philippine experience in values development. The primary goal of providing values education at all three levels of the school system in the Philippines is the development of a person committed to building a free, democratic, peaceful, and progressive nation. The program hopes to develop Filipinos who possess the following…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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