An Integrated Approach to Character Education
Timothy G. Rusnak
- Duquesne University, USA
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9780761904380
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January 0001
Description
This book proposes an effective, action-oriented way of addressing students' values and character growth. The contributors emphsize combining three vital aspects of teaching and learning: thinking, feeling, and acting.
Contributing authors address the principles that form the integrated approach to character education. Two chapters are devoted to each principle, with a practitioner and a research scholar offering a balanced view.
Real-world examples help translate the six key principles into an integrated character education program:
* Character education is a part of every subject
* Integrated character education is action education
* A positive school environment helps build character
* Character development is encouraged through administrative policy and practice
* Empowered teachers promote character development
* The school and community are vital partners in developing character
The information in this book can help you teach your students to
* Feel and show empathy for others' self-esteem
* Respect others' rights
* Develop and use self-discipline
* Recognize their own responsibilities
This book shows what you can do to promote character growth in students and teach them how to know right from wrong. An integrated approach to teaching character education will make all the difference in the way your students think, feel, and act.
Contents
Introduction
- The Six Principles of Integrated Character Education
PART ONE: CHARACTER EDUCATION IS NOT A SUBJECT, IT IS PART OF EVERY SUBJECT
- Integrating Character into the Life of the School
- Making Character Work
PART TWO: INTEGRATED CHARACTER EDUCATION IS ACTION EDUCATION
- Character, Curriculum and Action Education
- Learning beyond the Classroom
PART THREE: A POSITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT HELPS BUILD CHARACTER
- Building a Positive Classroom Environment
- More Than a Good Lesson Plan
PART FOUR: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IS ENCOURAGED THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY AND PRACTICE
- Leadership, Character Growth, and Authenticity
- Making Leadership Count
PART FIVE: EMPOWERED TEACHERS PROMOTE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
- Constructing Learning and Character
- Fostering Character Growth
PART SIX: THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ARE VITAL PARTNERS IN DEVELOPING CHARACTER
- Community, Character and Schooling
- Partnering with the Community
- Epilogue: Getting Started
Description
This book proposes an effective, action-oriented way of addressing students' values and character growth. The contributors emphsize combining three vital aspects of teaching and learning: thinking, feeling, and acting.
Contributing authors address the principles that form the integrated approach to character education. Two chapters are devoted to each principle, with a practitioner and a research scholar offering a balanced view.
Real-world examples help translate the six key principles into an integrated character education program:
* Character education is a part of every subject
* Integrated character education is action education
* A positive school environment helps build character
* Character development is encouraged through administrative policy and practice
* Empowered teachers promote character development
* The school and community are vital partners in developing character
The information in this book can help you teach your students to
* Feel and show empathy for others' self-esteem
* Respect others' rights
* Develop and use self-discipline
* Recognize their own responsibilities
This book shows what you can do to promote character growth in students and teach them how to know right from wrong. An integrated approach to teaching character education will make all the difference in the way your students think, feel, and act.
Contents
Introduction
- The Six Principles of Integrated Character Education
PART ONE: CHARACTER EDUCATION IS NOT A SUBJECT, IT IS PART OF EVERY SUBJECT
- Integrating Character into the Life of the School
- Making Character Work
PART TWO: INTEGRATED CHARACTER EDUCATION IS ACTION EDUCATION
- Character, Curriculum and Action Education
- Learning beyond the Classroom
PART THREE: A POSITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT HELPS BUILD CHARACTER
- Building a Positive Classroom Environment
- More Than a Good Lesson Plan
PART FOUR: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IS ENCOURAGED THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY AND PRACTICE
- Leadership, Character Growth, and Authenticity
- Making Leadership Count
PART FIVE: EMPOWERED TEACHERS PROMOTE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
- Constructing Learning and Character
- Fostering Character Growth
PART SIX: THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ARE VITAL PARTNERS IN DEVELOPING CHARACTER
- Community, Character and Schooling
- Partnering with the Community
- Epilogue: Getting Started
Reviews
December 1997 | 192 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9780761904380 | $37.95 |
This book proposes an effective, action-oriented way of addressing students' values and character growth. The contributors emphsize combining three vital aspects of teaching and learning: thinking, feeling, and acting.
Contributing authors address the principles that form the integrated approach to character education. Two chapters are devoted to each principle, with a practitioner and a research scholar offering a balanced view.
Real-world examples help translate the six key principles into an integrated character education program:
* Character education is a part of every subject
* Integrated character education is action education
* A positive school environment helps build character
* Character development is encouraged through administrative policy and practice
* Empowered teachers promote character development
* The school and community are vital partners in developing character
The information in this book can help you teach your students to
* Feel and show empathy for others' self-esteem
* Respect others' rights
* Develop and use self-discipline
* Recognize their own responsibilities
This book shows what you can do to promote character growth in students and teach them how to know right from wrong. An integrated approach to teaching character education will make all the difference in the way your students think, feel, and act.
Table Of Contents:
- Introduction
- The Six Principles of Integrated Character Education
- PART ONE: CHARACTER EDUCATION IS NOT A SUBJECT, IT IS PART OF EVERY SUBJECT
- Integrating Character into the Life of the School
- Making Character Work
- PART TWO: INTEGRATED CHARACTER EDUCATION IS ACTION EDUCATION
- Character, Curriculum and Action Education
- Learning beyond the Classroom
- PART THREE: A POSITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT HELPS BUILD CHARACTER
- Building a Positive Classroom Environment
- More Than a Good Lesson Plan
- PART FOUR: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IS ENCOURAGED THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY AND PRACTICE
- Leadership, Character Growth, and Authenticity
- Making Leadership Count
- PART FIVE: EMPOWERED TEACHERS PROMOTE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
- Constructing Learning and Character
- Fostering Character Growth
- PART SIX: THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ARE VITAL PARTNERS IN DEVELOPING CHARACTER
- Community, Character and Schooling
- Partnering with the Community
- Epilogue: Getting Started
Recent Product Reviews:
"This book ought to be required reading for people who want to influence the moral development of students in schools. It effectively bridges the gaps between theory and practice, and between university educational researchers and K-12 teachers and administrators."
CHOICE, June 1999