Recently added articles from Journal of Research in Character Education:
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL CLIMATE AND MATH AND READING ACHIEVEMENT
Jan 01, 2006; ... Character education programs, at their best, positively influence school climate, thereby enhancing learning and academic performance. This study reports the relationship between aspects of school climate as reported on student, teacher/staff, and parent surveys and third and fourth grader's ...
LITERACY-EMBEDDED CHARACTER EDUCATION IN A LARGE URBAN DISTRICT: Effects of the Child Development Project on Elementary School Students and Teachers
Jan 01, 2006; ... The Child Development Project (CDP) is a school reform model that has been adopted as a tool for elementary school reform in multiple sites throughout the nation. CDP is a program designed to promote the academic, social and ethical growth of all students by establishing a caring community of ...
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF MORAL/CHARACTER EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: In Pursuit of Mechanisms
Jan 01, 2006; ... At risk high school students who had participated in an elementary school character education project, the Child Development Project (CDP), were interviewed about their self concept, memories of elementary school, current school experiences, and future goals. The classroom experiences and ...
ACHIEVEMENT AND AT-RISK MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT
Jan 01, 2006; ... Schools are implementing approaches such as character education, to improve school climate and student time-on-task and, consequently, achievement. In keeping with the Character Education Partnership (2003) principles, this research examined how at-risk middle school students' (n = 7,813) ...
RESPECT, WITH ATTITUDE
Jan 01, 2006; ... A student recently suggested that you cannot teach character, that all of the lectures about good behavior, virtues, and morality are a waste of time, because young people will do what they think is appropriate, not what someone else believes is correct. Having all been teenagers, we can ...
BOOK REVIEW: FROM SOURCEBOOK TO ACTION GUIDE: IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES ON THE ROAD TO QUALITY CHARACTER EDUCATION
Jan 01, 2006; ... BOOK REVIEW: FROM SOURCEBOOK TO ACTION GUIDE: IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES ON THE ROAD TO QUALITY CHARACTER EDUCATION Eleven Principles Sourcebook: How to Achieve Quality Character Education in K-12 Schools (2003), by K. Beland, J. Tolman, J. Posey, and M. Davidson In 2003, the ...
Smart & Good High Schools: Integrating Excellence and Ethics for Success in School, Work, and Beyond (2005)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Smart & Good High Schools: Integrating Excellence and Ethics for Success in School, Work, and Beyond (2005), by Thomas Lickona and Matthew Davidson Cortland, NY & Washington, DC: Center for the 4th & 5th Rs and the Character Education Partnership James S ....
THE FAMILY AS MORAL CENTER: An Evolutionary Hermeneutic of Virtue in Family Studies
Jan 01, 2005; ... Moral development fosters virtue, character, and a sensitivity to know when and how to act. Families serve as crucibles for moral development. They are expected to develop moral strength in their members by instilling virtuous character, but what does this mean for contemporary families? The ...
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN WILSON: 1928-2003
Jan 01, 2005; ... John Boyd Wilson was born the son of an Anglican clergyman in 1928. He won scholarships to Winchester College, then to New College Oxford, where he took a double first in classics and philosophy. Following 9 years as a schoolteacher, he taught briefly at the Universities of Toronto and Sussex, ...
THE SPORT BEHAVIOR OF YOUTH, PARENTS, AND COACHES: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jan 01, 2005; ... This study assessed the frequency of good and poor sport behaviors as perceived by young athletes, parents, and coaches. A secondary goal was to examine related sportspersonship attitudes. A total of 803 young athletes in the fifth through eighth grades, representing 10 different sports, ...
In the Name of Morality: Character Education and Political Control (Adolescent Cultures, School & Society, Vol.26) (2004)
Jan 01, 2005; ... In the Name of Morality: Character Education and Political Control (Adolescent Cultures, School & Society, Vol.26) (2004). By T. Yu. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. For those of us who are deeply engaged in the field of character development, Tianlong Yu's book will seem at first ...
CHILDREN'S MORAL READING OF HARRY POTTER: Are Children and Adults Reading the Same Books?
Jan 01, 2005; ... This study examined the influence of education, expertise, and gender on child, college student, and postgraduate level readers' moral understanding of the themes and characters of the Harry Potter books. The researchers recruited 49 fourth to sixth graders, 19 seventh to twelfth graders, 34 ...
THE IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS OF FAITH OR WORLDVIEW IN THE CLASSROOM: The Priority and Importance of Character
Jan 01, 2005; ... In their quest for universally applicable methods, modern teacher educators have often downplayed teacher identity, including a teacher's worldview or faith. From a postmodern perspective, however, the connections between teachers' identities and practices are being recognized and explored more ...
The Discourse of Character Education: Culture Wars in the Classroom (2005)
Jan 01, 2005; ... The Discourse of Character Education: Culture Wars in the Classroom (2005). P. Smagorinsky & J. Taxel. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. PLAYING THE CULTURE CARD Peter Smagorinsky and Joel Taxel present a complex, often engaging, explication of contemporary character education ....
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Jan 01, 2005; ... The Journal of Research in Character Education is now completing its third volume. That is 3 years of growth and success. We are getting new subscriptions and more and more submissions. The future looks bright for the journal. This journal was the brainchild of Andy Milson, then at ...
A MEASUREMENT MODEL OF STUDENT CHARACTER AS DESCRIBED BY THE POSITIVE ACTION PROGRAM
Jan 01, 2005; ... This article measures a model of student character as defined by the Positive Action (PA) program, that posits that students' characters are based on their behaviors and how they feel about themselves when they engage in those behaviors. The program consists of a teacher-led curriculum of 9 ...
PREPARING PRESERVICE TEACHERS FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION IN URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: The UIC Initiative
Jan 01, 2005; ... This article describes the process of program development, and outcomes of a preservice character education component for the preparation of urban elementary education majors. The program employed social cognitive domain theory as its organizing framework. Changes in program structure included ...
THE LIMITED CHARACTER EDUCATION OF ZERO TOLERANCE POLICIES: An Alternative Moral Vision for Discipline
Jan 01, 2005; ... During the past decade and a half, two separate legislative developments influenced the moral fabric of American public schools. Over the course of that time every state passed some form of zero tolerance legislation aimed at curbing violence in schools. In addition, half of those states also ...
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN SPORT: An Ethnographic Study of Character Development in an Elite Prep-School Basketball Program
Jan 01, 2005; ... The development of individual and team character was investigated through an ethnographic study of an elite prep-school basketball team. Data were collected over a five-month period using diverse methods, including participant observations, interviews, video recordings, and audio recordings ....
Handbook of Moral Development (2005)
Jan 01, 2005; ... Handbook of Moral Development (2005), by M. Killen & J. Smetana (Eds.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 790 pages James Youniss The Catholic University of America AN INTERGENERATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT Using the 1991 handbook on moral ...