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Direct linkNast, Tamra – Journal of Character Education, 2020
Excellent schools strive to develop a comprehensive and integrative improvement process for students and their families that integrate best practices of positive school culture, climate, and social and emotional learning; character development skills, enhanced academic achievement strategies, and positive parent engagement. Character.org's…
Descriptors: Values Education, Ethical Instruction, Educational Principles, Best Practices
Kress, Jeffrey S.; Elias, Maurice J. – Eye on Education, 2019
"Nurturing Students' Character" is an easy-to-use guide to incorporating social-emotional and character development (SECD) into your teaching practice. The links are clear--elementary and middle school students have better odds of academic success if you nurture their social and emotional skills. Drawing on broad field experience and the…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Values Education, Teaching Methods
Download full textGuerrero Romera, Catalina; Prados, Maria Angeles Hernández; Vicent, Patricia Lopez; Fernandez-Henarejos, Ana Carmen Tolino – Asian Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
The competency-based model implies a process of humanization of education that diversifies content, focusing in this case on the development of the civic and artistic competence of the students. This paper presents the CIVABLES Program designed within the framework of teaching and research collaboration between the University and the Primary…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Social Development, Skill Development, Student Development
Elias, Maurice J.; Nayman, Samuel J.; Duffell, Joan C.; Kim, Sarah A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Considering the key role of social-emotional and character development (SECD) competencies in college, career, and life success--and considering that many of those competencies are teachable--there is no excuse for failing to incorporate them systematically into our education system. That would be the equivalent of depriving children of oxygen.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Skill Development, Policy Formation
Fekkes, M.; van de Sande, M. C. E.; Gravesteijn, J. C.; Pannebakker, F. D.; Buijs, G. J.; Diekstra, R. F. W.; Kocken, P. L. – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the Dutch "Skills for Life" programme on students' health behaviours, bullying behaviour and suicidal ideation. Design/methodology/approach: The effectiveness of the "Skills for Life" programme on health behaviour outcomes was evaluated at three points in time in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Health Behavior, Bullying
Hockridge, Diane – Distance Education, 2013
There are many challenges for educators in using distance and online education to adequately prepare students for their future professions. These challenges are accentuated in disciplines that prepare people for relational professions, which require people skills and a certain maturity of character. Educators in many disciplines, including…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Barriers, Teaching Methods
Hands, Catherine M. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Partnerships between schools, families, and communities provide a support net for each student and play a role in promoting academic success (Epstein, 1995; Shapiro, Ginsberg, & Brown, 2002) and moral development. This article is based on a qualitative study of a secondary school with numerous partnerships selected from a southern Ontario…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Values Education
Brunelle, John; Danish, Steven J.; Forneris, Tanya – Applied Developmental Science, 2007
This article describes the implementation and evaluation of a sport-based life skills and community service program. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the impact of a combined life skills and community service program on adolescents' prosocial values. The program was part of a national golf and life skills enrichment academy for…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Adolescents, Program Effectiveness, Social Responsibility
Oser, Fritz K.; Althof, Wolfgang; Higgins-D'Alessandro, Ann – Journal of Moral Education, 2008
This article focuses on the development of, and new theorising about, a strong democracy education intervention, the Just Community approach. Three questions frame the discussion: (1) Does democracy education change children and adolescents or do students in these programs change their schools, or is there a dynamic interaction over time? (2) How…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Citizenship, Democracy, Community Programs
Broderick, Patricia; Raymond, Allen – Teaching Pre K-8, 2006
The author presents three educational products for kids: (1) "Novel Perspectives" by Shelley Harwayne; (2) "Summarization in Any Subject--50 Techniques to Improve Student Learning" by Rick Wormelt; and (3) Voices Reading, the new comprehensive reading and character development program for Grades K-2 from Zaner-Bloser. "Novel Perspectives" carries…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods, Childrens Literature, Novels
Devaney, Elizabeth; O'Brien, Mary Utne; Tavegia, Mary; Resnik, Hank – New Directions for Youth Development, 2005
Although few educators, youth development practitioners, and student support services personnel question the importance of helping children to develop the skills necessary to be successful in the workplace, make ethical decisions, and be engaged and contributing citizens, these skills are rarely taught explicitly and effectively. The pressures of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Social Environment, Ethics, Social Development
Selman, Robert L. – Russell Sage Foundation, 2003
Education specialists have written volumes on the best ways to help children learn to read and write, but who is helping them navigate the potentially treacherous waters of social interactions? While in school to study, children are also preoccupied with understanding the rules governing social relationships. Issues of trust and loyalty, rivalry…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmental Psychology, Social Development, Interpersonal Competence
