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Schwamberger, Benjamin; Wahl-Alexander, Zachary; Ressler, James – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2017
The physical education setting offers a unique opportunity to educate the whole student. It would seem appropriate then, that physical education teachers place strong emphasis on the aspect of moral development and character building, however, this can be a challenging task. To accomplish this, the purpose of this article is to provide strategies…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Student Behavior
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Mc Danel de García, Mary Anne – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2013
This article refers to an action research project involving pre-service teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine if specific learning outcomes could be successfully employed as objectives for an ethics course for preservice teacher preparation. Real life case histories were used by students to identify and reflect upon moral and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Ethical Instruction, Action Research, Student Educational Objectives
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Enlow, Barbra K.; Popa, Adrian B. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2008
Imagination is the exercise of generating new and novel mental images. Because of its utility for the arts, it is primarily thought of as a purely aesthetic tool. And yet, as a cognitive orientation to the world, imagination has much to offer business leaders. Imagination shifts leaders away from ingrained ways of thinking; it emphasizes reframing…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Imagination, Leadership Training, Business Administration Education
National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC. – 1991
This task force report is designed to focus attention on the young adolescent learner and provide direction for developing appropriate and meaningful social studies instruction for the middle school. Schools at the middle level characteristically focus on the unique developmental needs of young adolescents. A number of these needs are listed, in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1990
The Ohio State Department of Education has identified 10 basic values for which students are to strive. These individual character traits are compassion, courtesy, tolerance, honesty, self-discipline, diligence, responsibility, self-respect, courage, and integrity. This guide provides sample strategies for educators to help them to develop these…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Environment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Update on Law-Related Education, 1990
Presents a lesson plan from the Alberta (Canada) Education Curriculum on ethics for upper elementary or middle school students designed to take two class periods. Outlines materials and procedures involved. Identifies these instructional goals: (1) define "code" and relate the concept to standards of behavior; and (2) draft a code of…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Codes of Ethics, Ethics, Foreign Countries
Finck, Chip; Hansen, Cynthia; Jensen, Jane – 2003
This report describes a program for improving moral character to increase academic achievement. Targeted population consisted of middle school students in a growing middle class community in a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois. The problem, an absence of proper moral character, was documented through data collected from discipline referrals to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Behavior Development, Classroom Techniques
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Update on Law-Related Education, 1990
Presents a lesson plan from the Alberta (Canada) Education Curriculum on ethics for upper elementary or middle school students, designed to be completed in four class periods. Outlines instructional goals, materials, and procedures. Objectives are that students will be able to list qualities of a good person, identify standards of right and wrong,…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Foreign Countries