PRACTICAL ETHICS Helping Students Lead Productive, Principled, and Fulfilling Lives Section 2 ( of 41 slides)

PRACTICAL ETHICS – SECTION 2 Section 1 What is character education? Why teach character education? Section 2 The history of character education Curriculum and character education Section 3 Constructs of character education The principles of effective character education Developing authentic character education Conclusion 17

HISTORY OF CHARACTER EDUCATION Ancient Greece to Nineteenth Century The Bible and Literacy in the Colonial Period Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century Twenty-First Century 18

HISTORY OF CHARACTER EDUCATION Ancient Greece to Nineteenth Century Transmission of knowledge secondary to character development 19

HISTORY OF CHARACTER EDUCATION The Bible and Literacy in the Colonial Period The need for literacy focused almost entirely on exposure of Christian morality and the teaching of the Bible. If a child were illiterate, how then could he read the Bible? 20

HISTORY OF CHARACTER EDUCATION Nineteenth Century During the 1800’s, education was promoted for both secular and moral reasons. Teachers were hired and trained with the clear expectation of advancing the moral mission of the school and attend to character formation. 21

HISTORY OF CHARACTER EDUCATION Twentieth Century Until the 1900’s - religious tenets Pressure to separate organized religion and education Surge of values neutral schooling Achievement scores Discipline and behavior problems increase Schools accused of teaching secular humanism declin e 22

HISTORY OF CHARACTER EDUCATION Twenty-First Century The return of character education begins to take hold in American schools. Source : Educating for Character: How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility by Thomas Lickona,

CHARACTER EDUCATION AND THE CURRICULUM Where in the curriculum should character education belong? Everywhere Not an ‘add-on’ Should there be allocated instruction time? Pareto Improvement Targeted and Sophisticated Lesson Planning 24

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