81. MEL Education: Hot Topics Moral and character development scholarly review of literature with hypertextlinks to Carol Tomlinson describes how different strategies can teach the same http://mel.lib.mi.us/education/edu-hot.html

Michigan.gov Home HAL Home MeL Internet MeL Magazines and eBooks Education About the Education Collection Michigan Education What's New? Hot Topics in Education ... Back to the Education Index Hot Topics in Education No Child Left Behind Page Terrorism Response for Educators General Reform Block Scheduling ... Social Promotion General-Education Reform The10th Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education a summary of national and international education research prepared for Phi Delta Kappan by Gerald Bracey. Alfie Kohn speeches and essays make the well-known education critic's case against educational standards. Annenberg Institute for School Reform Coalition of Essential Schools a school reform organization started by Ted Sizer and based at Brown University. Council for Basic Education provides advocacy and research in support of core curriculum standards. Education ReformA Virtual Library Effective Education collection of articles on education reform issues.

82. Box Of Books In Pittsburgh, PA, storytellers on public school busses teach kids values by plansare in the works to start similar character development/Heartwood curriculum http://acfnewsource.org/democracy/box_books.html

SEARCH STORIES: Navigation April 04, 2003 Box of Books The Osgood File (CBS Radio Network): 12/29/95 Printer-friendly version E-mail this story to a friend In Pittsburgh, PA, storytellers on public school busses teach kids values by reading to them. Story telling helps develop better citizens and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the East Hills International Studies Academy has hired story tellers to tell stories to students on the school bus ride to school. The idea is to make the ride to school for students as productive as class time itself. The storytellers incorporate courage, loyalty, honesty and other values into their tales. The program uses books such as Sam Bangs and Moonshine and The Warrior and the Wiseman to help promote particular values. The bus stories are part of the Heartwood curriculum, a program that uses literature to help children understand cross-cultural and universal concepts of values and morality. The stories give the children a context and understanding of the concepts as well as the vocabulary to be able to discuss the concepts. Eleanore Childs, founder of the Heartwood Institute, believes that principles such as honesty, loyalty, respect, love, cooperation and justice are the foundation of our democracy. Teaching children these principles, she says, will help them to become productive and responsible citizens. The program is used in over 500 schools in 38 states across the country. The storytelling bus is a unique addition to the Heartwood concept, and only operates for the East Hills Academy where it runs October through December, and March through May.

83. Character Counts Coalitions a life continuum, . . . resulting in a community that will teach,enforce, advocate, and model character development. It is our http://www.vil.downers-grove.il.us/top_stories/govt/charactercounts.htm

need help? up one level Character Counts! Coalition Character Counts! Begins in Downers Grove! The Downers Grove CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition was established on January 17, 2001. The Coalition began as a subcommittee of the Downers Grove Partnership for Healthier Communities. It has grown to be an entity in its own right. The Coalition provides resources to support its efforts through volunteer time, in-kind donations, local fundraising efforts and grant monies. These funds are deposited and disbursed via a Coalition approved process. Downers Grove Character Counts! is an affiliate of the Partnership for Healthier Communities, an Advocate Charitable Foundation 501(c)3 organization Why Promote Character? Character Education is a way to introduce the concepts of ethics and values on a community-wide basis, in an effort to have a positive impact on all ages, and enhance our already great community. This is a concern because of the following statistics reported in the 2000 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth. 27% of middle school students and 31% of high school students say it is okay to hit or threaten a person who makes you angry; 70% have actually done so at least once in the past year.

84. Family.org - CitizenLink Research - Can Public Schools Teach Character? When educators teach values clarification or simply avoid the issue of charactereducation altogether and society is that the development of brilliant http://www.family.org/cforum/research/papers/a0004742.html

About Us Press Jobs Resources ... Press Releases Support the Ministry Donate Online Monthly EFT Volunteers Creative Giving ... Research Papers Family Policy Councils State Councils Legislative Action Contact Your Legislator Archives Teachers in Focus Last Updated February 16, 1999 Can Public Schools Teach Character? by Perry Glanzer, Ph.D. For further information on this topic from Focus on the Family, you may wish to order VIRTUE 101: The Strengths and Limits of Character Education in Public Schools. To order call 1-800-AFAMILY. (Mention Source Code: FC087 to simplify ordering process.) Educating Children to Be Like Ruby Ruby Bridges was more than a good citizen, and many Christian parents want their children to believe and act like Ruby. However, they are not sure whether teaching character education in public schools will satisfy their desires. Ruby's courage and mercy were cultivated by the Christian character education that she received at home and church. Public schools cannot promote a particular religious perspective. Nevertheless, Focus on the Family believes that if religious perspectives are respected in the classroom, character education programs can address parents' concerns and also form effective partnerships with them. In order to respect the beliefs of Christian parents, educators need to comprehend the similarities and differences between the parents' vision for character development and those implemented in public schools. The Commonalities Christian and some public school approaches to character education share a number of commonalties. First, both assume that students need to learn more than academics and athletics. They need to learn timeless and transcendent values. When educators teach values clarification or simply avoid the issue of character education altogether, the implicit message communicated to students, parents and society is that the development of brilliant students, good athletes or successful professionals is much more important than the development of good

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86. Ethics Resource Center Press Room Professional development Sessions address concepts in character development andteach educators how to integrate lessons about core values into their daily http://www.ethics.org/fs_character.html

Press Releases Press Kit Executive Profiles Subscribe to Ethics Updates ... Press Kit Developing Character in the Classroom The Character Development Programs of the Ethics Resource Center Schools have an impact on students through the relationships they build. Parents, teachers, administrators and peers all communicate to a student ideas about what is important - how to act, what to do and what to aspire to. That's why character development has become so important. It formalizes a set of ground rules to consistently guide students' behavior and gives youth a reason to learn and mature. Character development helps students relate to others and behave ethically. The ERC has a unique approach to character development. We recognize that each school environment is unique - every school teaches in a different way, depending upon the needs of its students. Even the values or the words educators use to describe what is important, may differ. For this reason, the ERC does not prescribe the values that a school must adopt for their character development program, nor do we promote pre-packaged material that must be worked into a teacher's day. Rather, we help educators to refine their skills in teaching values using the materials they already have. We help members of a community clarify for themselves the principles, which already guide them.

87. Philanthropic Projects Philanthropy and character development. Projects. your own ideas. backto top. character development. character Education The California http://home.socal.rr.com/exworthy/philan.htm

Philanthropy and Character Development Projects Character Development Helping the World Projects S taff Dev. Lessons Links Teach Res ... Web Eval Helping the World Projects Kids Against Violence Everywhere - Join in and suggest a way to spread kindness throughout the world. Teaching Tolerance - Here are some free and low cost teaching materials. Tolerance.org contains over 100 ways for students to become involved with helping the world. A Kid's Campaign to Build- Students can become with child labor issues and follow the progress of a child sold and escaped from slavery. President's Student Service Challenge All full-time students from kindergarten through college who contribute at least 100 hours (50 hours for younger students) of service to the community are eligible for the Gold Award- a letter, pin, and certificate. Big Ideas Bayer/NSF Award - Teams of three to four Middle School students canidentify a problem in their community, develop an innovative solution and enter this contest to win lots of cash. Human Rights Resource Center- Here is a great resource related to human rights and communication. Find many lessons, information, activities, issue involvement, collaborative projects, and lots more for all grade levels.

88. Anderson University AU News And Events Home: AU News Index: CCD Forms Partnershi of Indiana and Anderson University, the mission of The Center for character Developmentat Anderson University is to recognize, enhance, teach and sustain http://www.anderson.edu/events/news/2003-02-07.html

Quick Links Make A Gift Online Student Life Student Financial Services Nicholson Library Campus Calendar Campus Directory Career Development Human Resources Police/Security Services Registrar Office Adult Learning AU Classes Online AU Press AccessAU CCD Kissinger Learning Center Signatures Online Tri-S Program WQME 98.7: LIVE! Warner Sallman AU News Index Campus Calendar Office of Media and Electronic Communications AU News Archive 2000 ... AU News Index Date: Title: CCD forms partnership; receives grant The Center for Character Development at Anderson University has announced a partnership with Indiana Head Start. The purpose of the partnership is to develop and implement character education strategies through Indiana Head Start programs across the State of Indiana. In addition, the Center for Character Development has been provided with a $23,500 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services through the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. Among other activities, the grant will support materials and regional workshops to understand the importance of building good moral character in children and families being served by local programs. “The Center for Character Development looks forward to this new opportunity to further build character education through the programs of Indiana Head Start,” said Don Peslis, director of the Center for Character Development at Anderson University. “Young persons all across the state will now have more opportunities to develop those personal characteristics that will truly have lasting meaning in their lives.”

89. 1994 Wriston Lecture | From Welfare Reform To Character Development size of the community and the character of the help drug addicts and alcoholics, toteach parenting skills in Michigan, the Parent Child development Center in http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/wl1994.htm

Site Navigation Support the Manhattan Institute Scholars' Articles M.I. Issues Rebuilding New York Education Reform Welfare Reform Crime Reduction Faith-Based Initiatives Barriers to Building Social Entrepreneurship Legal Reform Digital Economy Medical Progress Race and Ethnicity Latin American Initiatives Recent and Past M.I. Events Subscribe to City Journal Board of Trustees Staff Directory Links M.I. Book Catalog Internship Opportunities Join email updates The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research The 1994 Wriston Lecture From Welfare Reform To Character Development (unedited transcript) Professor James Q. Wilson November 17, 1994 New York City MR. HERTOG: Good evening and welcome to the 8th Walter B. Wriston Annual Lecture. I am Roger Hertog, Chairman of the Manhattan Institute. First, I would like to recognize this evening two previous Wriston lecturers, Rupert Murdoch and Thomas Wolfe, both of which are here. (Applause). Institutions, much like individuals must have heros. And if a hero is defined as one for whom values and principles are reaffirmed and transformed, then Walter Wriston is ours. We honor him through these series of lectures because of his entrepreneurial expertise which converted the principles of individual freedom into a market ideology. In his most recent book, "

90. TWI, Penrod On Reasons To Teach Media Literacy Author JK Rowlings deftly blends the qualities of highbrow literary fictionstrongcharacter development, emphasis on basic philosophical, psychological or http://www.writinginstructor.com/areas/englished/penrod1.html

TWI Archives (1981-1997) Coming ... June, 2002 Editorial Board Editors and Publishers David Blakesley Dawn Formo Write for TWI . . . The Writing Instructor is a blind, peer-reviewed journal, publishing in print since 1981 and on the Internet since June, 2001. Its distinguished editorial board consists of over 150 scholars-teachers-writers representing over 75 universities, community colleges, and K-12 schools. For more information about acceptance rates, the peer-review process, guidelines for review committees, and the editorial board, please read our Editorial FAQs or write us. TWI Forums Purdue's OWL The Trouble with Harry: A Reason for Teaching Media Literacy to Young Adults Diane Penrod Rowan University Read or print the full essay in Acrobat (PDF format). Requires the free Acrobat Reader E-Mail This Article to a Friend Search TWI: Someone saying negative things about the Harry Potter series practically elicits the same reaction as cursing motherhood, apple pie, and baseballhow dare anyone question something, anything, that motivates children to read? Reading is a wholesome activity. Reading is good. Reading is fundamental. Reading is the foundation for a literate, democratic society. Reading is the cornerstone of learning. Reading is A Tale of Two Harrys To truly comprehend the complexity in media literacy, we have to take an interdisciplinary approach that embraces the fields of cognition, education, media theory, and literacy studies. This is because the act of reading makes certain demands upon the individual, especially in the Mass Media Age. As media theorist Joshua Meyrowitz writes in

91. 21st Century Speakers Inc. Kevin Ryan Building character in Schools Practical Ways to School of Education, HumanDevelopment and Psychology E. Wise A License to teach Raising Standards http://www.speakersaccess.com/topics/educat/

Educational Reform and Leadership Janine Bempechat Against the Odds: How "At-Risk" Students Exceed Expectations Lee Bolman Leading With Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit Dr. Marva Collins An Education Change Advocate, Her life was the basis for a CBS Special Movie, "The Marva Collins Story," with Cicely Tyson and Morgan Freeman Barbara B. Gaddy School Wars: Resolving Our Conflicts over Religion and Values Richard O. Hope Educating a New Majority: Transforming America's Educational System for Diversity Jeannie Oakes Becoming Good American Schools: The Struggle for Civic Virtue in Education Reform Character Development/Education Lamar Alexander Visiting Professor of the Practice of Public Service at Harvard University. He has been United States Education Secretary, Governor of Tennessee and president of the University of Tennessee and Presidential Candidate Dr. Alfred Barrios Dr. Barrios, a Clinical psychologist, expert in stress management, preventing school dropout, and rnind-body health, is best known as the inventor of the Stress Control Biofeedback Card Benjamin Franklin, portrayed by Ralph Archbold

92. Net Results the Student Affairs profession has been very attentive to the development of characterwithin the has not been given to the need to define, teach and assess http://www.naspa.org/netresults/article.cfm?ID=883&category=Feature

93. HGSE News: Teaching Social Awareness--An Interview With Larsen Professor Robert from research over the years is that social competence and character developmentare not If one considers the fact that debate on how to teach moral education http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/features/selman02012003.html

Urban Education and Equity Cognitive Development Educational Reform Classroom Practice ... Home Teaching Social Awareness An Interview with Larsen Professor Robert Selman Harvard Graduate School of Education February 1, 2003 Send this page to a friend Subscribe to e-Updates Audio Selections about the Research (RealPlayer required) Earlier this fall, Larsen Professor Robert Selman spoke about his research at the orientation for new students. Some excerpts from that presentation are included here: Robert Selman discusses ways to integrate moral education into public-school curricula (1 minute) listen need help? Selman on his partnership with educational practices that promote social awareness (1 minute) listen need help? Selman on the use of theoretical frameworks to create a "bridge to practice" (1 minute) listen need help? by Abigail Bucuvalas Larsen Professor Robert Selman (Karlyn Morissette photo) Larsen Professor Robert Selman is the chair of HGSE's Human Development and Psychology area and founder of the Risk and Prevention Program . Selman has engaged in research and practice focused on helping children develop social competencies as a way to reduce risks to their health and promote their social relationships. In his current, practice-based research, he studies interpersonal and intergroup development and competence from preschool through high school. This current work, documented in his new book, The Promotion of Social Awareness: Powerful Lessons from the Partnership of Developmental Theory and Classroom Practice

94. Character Counts each of us to lay a solid foundation for character development by teaching Teachchildren that their character counts—that their success and happiness will http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/character.htm

links Home I Index I School Info I Departments I Activities Students I Teachers I Parents What's New? I Guestbook I Contact What is Character Counts? Character Education The “Three C’s" of Character Building ... Character Counts website Character Counts A program to raise public awareness was sponsored by Roanoke County Schools and several area businesses on October 3. Dr. Lickona discussed practical ways parents can teach children a sense of right and wrong through everyday family interactions. He is the author of Educating for Character and Raising Good Children We hope to feature helpful information on Character Education in the CSMS newsletter. Character Education Character education is the deliberate effort to develop good character based on core virtues that are good for the individual and good for society. It is based on the following premises: Destructive youth behaviors such as violence, dishonesty, disrespect, a poor work ethic, drug abuse, and sexual promiscuity have a common core: the absence of good character; People do not automatically develop good character.

95. Education World ® : Curriculum: Wax Museum Biographies Teach And Entertain! Wax Museum Biographies teach and Entertain! The students wrote two reports one about the character's life and family and the other about his or her http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr231.shtml

Professional Development Center Archives: VIEW ALL ARTICLES The Arts ... History Curriculum Article C U R R I C U L U M A R T I C L E Wax Museum Biographies Teach and Entertain! For the second year, Cheryl Anderson's fifth-graders are performing the "Wax Museum Biographies." The students mentally leave their small South Dakota town population 913 for such places as the moon, a street in Montgomery, Alabama, or the steps of the White House. Donations for their performances go to charitable activities within the state. Some pupils at Arlington Elementary School in Arlington, South Dakota, have a dream. Others have "asked not what their country can do for them." Still others have taken a "giant step for mankind." Cheryl Anderson's fifth graders mentally leave their small South Dakota town population 913 for such places as the moon, a street in Montgomery, Alabama, or the steps of the White House. For the second year, Anderson has assigned her class what she calls the "Wax Museum Biographies." The hope, according to Anderson, is for the children to become involved in history while learning citizenship. The students conduct two-minute speeches in front of fellow students and members of the community. Like many actors, though, they work only for money. Drop a nickel in the cans they hold, and these actors begin to play their chosen characters. Without a contribution to the pot, they remain as still as statues in a wax museum.

96. Praise For Readings And Activities For Character Education that help students see that character has been an important part of the developmentof civilization . for researchbased strategies to teach students good http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/chared/charedpraise.html

Praise for Readings and Activities for Character Education "Long Beach Unified School District has 96,000 students and last year we systematically explored ways to expand Character Education across the curriculum in all grades. We are very excited about Diane Brooks' Readings and Activities for Character Education. We have distributed the curriculum to all of our Middle School and High School History Department Chairpersons, and to selected gifted elementary school programs. The response was so favorable and the demand for more was so immediate that we have made a second order so we can get the notebook to all history teachers who are interested. The biographies are of high interest and they are a great way to infuse and support the history standards." Merideth Joyce, Coordinator SDFSC/TUPE and Linda Melbrech, History Curriculum Leader Long Beach Unified School District Long Beach, CA "These readings and activities will help teachers approach character education in depth - the way it needs to be addressed to enable our children to become the citizens we need for tomorrow." Esther F. Schaeffer, CEO and Executive Director

97. Home Page - Supplement School Curriculum; Use Entertainment As A Learning Tool; Learn how to use movies for education as well as entertainment. View the recommended movies and the accompanying lesson plans. http://www.teachwithmovies.org/

Max # of results: ALL Join Now! $8.99 per year gives you Learning Guides to 230 films! View four sample Learning Guides Members Login A Unique Tool for Teachers and Parents TeachWithMovies.com Introduce Children Ages 5 - 15 to: Major Events of History: (Examples: Julius Caesar, A Man for All Seasons, The Crucible, 1776, A Tale of Two Cities, Gettysburg , All Quiet on the Western Front, The Longest Day); Principles of Science: (Examples: Lorenzo's Oil, Contact; Outbreak; Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants; Donald in Mathmagic Land); Extraordinary People Who Have Shaped Our World: Works of Music, Dance, Drama, Literature, the Visual Arts: (Examples: Hamlet , West Side Story, Twelfth Night, Modern Times, The Nutcracker, South Pacific); and Character Development Issues: (Examples: The Wizard of Oz ,To Kill a Mockingbird, The Yearling, Gentleman's Agreement, Courage Under Fire and October Sky Learning Guides to each recommended film describe: Benefits of the movie; Possible Problems; Helpful Background Discussion Questions Bridges to Reading Building Vocabulary Links to the Internet Classroom Projects Teachers: A movie provides an alternative educational experience and highlights points covered by the curriculum. Each

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