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Hatchimonji, Danielle R.; Linsky, Arielle C. V.; Nayman, Samuel J.; Elias, Maurice J. – Journal of Moral Education, 2020
The highest form of virtuous behavior in the Aristotelian virtue ethics approach to character education involves practical wisdom, or "phronesis," which allows an individual to act in the right way about the right things for the right reasons. Here, we use our experiences with social-emotional and character development (SECD) in…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Moral Development, Values Education
Li, Jia – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2021
The school, being the second home of pupils, is the second major force in the formation of the pupils' moral structure. It should be the crucial partner of the home in tempering the character of the youth and children with unbending quality, especially in values formation. In this case, it is necessary to evaluate the current status of values…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Values Education, Christianity
Nucci, Larry; Ilten-Gee, Robyn – Teachers College Press, 2021
The authors draw from their work with teachers and students to address issues of social justice through the regular curriculum and everyday school life. This book illustrates an approach that integrates social justice education with contemporary research on students' development of moral understandings and concerns for human welfare in order to…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Social Justice, Values Education, Moral Development
Paracha, Samiullah; Hall, Lynne; Clawson, Kathy; Mitsche, Nicole – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2020
Virtual environments have the potential to be an important teaching tool for emotionally sensitive issues capable of producing a sense of presence, perspective-taking and introspection in users in a risk-free, rapid feedback experience. In designing such experiences, it is essential that users are regularly engaged in a collaborative design…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Emotional Development, Social Development, Empathy
Powers, Deborah W.; Nucci, Larry – Journal of Character Education, 2016
This article presents outcomes of two studies examining the impact of preservice teachers' preparation on their practice, knowledge, and self-efficacy for supporting students' social and moral development and conducting moral education in the classroom. The studies centered on the Developmental Teacher Education program at the University of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Ethical Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education
Okumu, Jacob O. – Journal of College and Character, 2012
The author, a millennial college student, describes how his international service experiences positively influenced his social and moral development. He suggests ways educators may inspire students to develop core character values. He also argues that promoting these core values has been a primary purpose of the academy in the United States since…
Descriptors: College Students, Service Learning, Values Education, Moral Development
Koh, Caroline – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
This paper explores the use of the video sharing site, YouTube, as a platform for enhancing moral and psychosocial development through increased awareness of moral values and models of moral behavior. The research involved a qualitative design whereby video snippets illustrating moral issues were identified from YouTube. These video snippets were…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, Social Networks, Moral Values
Fink, Kristin; Geller, Karen – Journal of Character Education, 2016
As the United States has struggled to answer the question of what education for the 21st century must look like, most states have now responded by signing onto the Common Core Standards. Drawn from lessons learned from a generation of standards-based education and research on what high-performing countries do to enable young people to prosper, it…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Guidelines, Educational History, Values Education
Camire, Martin; Trudel, Pierre – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2010
Background: Results from empirical research on character development in sport remain mixed concerning the outcomes of sport participation, in part because character is a socially constructed concept that can be interpreted in a wide variety of manners. Furthermore, the majority of research in this field has been conducted employing quantitative…
Descriptors: Athletes, Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Moral Development
Elias, Maurice, Ed. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
The application of social-emotional and character development (SECD) in classrooms is about teaching, practicing, and modeling essential personal and civic life habits and skills that are almost universally understood as making people good human beings. Among these habits are respect, responsibility, integrity, caring, fairness, and constructive…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Integrity, Values Education, Moral Development
Hashemi, Seyed Ahmad; Naderi, Ezatolah; Shariatmadari, Ali; Naraghi, Maryam Seif; Mehrabi, Monireh – Online Submission, 2010
Growth and advancement in educational systems are the most important characteristics of the present societies. This phenomenon, especially in recent decades, has become an important and sensitive issue in developing countries. The role of educational systems in the process of growth and persistent advancement of countries is accepted by everybody…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Science Education
Denaro, Edward Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of elementary school physical education teachers towards teaching character education related to the variables respect, honesty, fairness and self-discipline and to examine their attitudes towards the character development of their fourth and/or fifth grade students related to the variables…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Behavior, Discipline, Females
Sherblom, Stephen – Journal of Moral Education, 2008
The "care challenge" to moral psychology, articulated in the justice-care debate, has been borne out in a number of ways. Empirically, claims regarding gender difference in use of justice and care reasoning, gender bias claims regarding early forms of Kohlberg's scoring manual and claims regarding the centrality of cultural conceptions of…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Psychology, Social Scientists, Gender Differences
Brimi, Hunter – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2009
In this article, the author examines the role that teachers play in the moral development of American students. Historically, one of public education's purposes in America has been the development of moral citizens. However, educators currently face more academic accountability due to No Child Left Behind. Consequently, teachers must strike a…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Federal Legislation, Academic Standards, Moral Values
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