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Character education is a fairly new and rapidly evolving topic for
curriculum interventions. It is also broad, often overlapping with other
program areas.
Character can encompass such moral and ethical values as
respect, fairness, and caring—as well as responsibility,
trustworthiness, and citizenship. And it can refer to the demonstration
of these values in behavior, reasoning, and emotions.
Some character education programs integrate activities in
social studies, English, and math. Some create communities of students,
teachers, and parents to foster respect and caring. And some use
in-class stories, games, songs, and activity books to encourage the
acceptance of other cultures.
To set some bounds on this evolving topic, the WWC identified
programs that deliberately attempt to develop students' character by
teaching core values and that had most if not all of their lesson plans
or prescribed activities directly related to instilling those values.
Most programs did not enter our review because of this criterion. For
programs that did, most had only one or two small studies that met our
evidence standards. For these studies, student outcomes were measured in
three domains: behavior, academic achievement, and knowledge,
attitudes, and values.
We looked at 93 studies of 41 programs that qualified for our
review. Of these, 18 studies of 13 programs met our evidence standards,
7 without reservations, and 11 with reservations. (The identification
of eligible programs ended in September 2005, and that of eligible
studies, in July 2006.)
Edited by forum_ministrator : March 30, 2010, 7:53 pm |
