Building Character in Schools Resource Guide (Paperback)

Karen E. Bohlin

ISBN 10: 0787959545 / ISBN 13: 9780787959548

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 2002

About this Item

Paperback. Building Character in Schools Resource Guide offers school administrators and teachers a practical handbook for developing, assessing, improving, and institutionalizing character education in their schools. It is filled with real-life examples-- both successful and unsuccessful-- of character education efforts; it clearly illustrates the differences among values, virtues, and points of view; and it presents guidelines for designing effective lessons, units, assessment, and classroom activities. Offers school administrators and teachers a practical handbook for developing, assessing, improving, and institutionalizing character education in their schools. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building Character in Schools Resource Guide (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787959545
• ISBN 13: 9780787959548
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Building Character in Schools Resource Guide offers school administrators and teachers a practical handbook for developing, assessing, improving, and institutionalizing character education in their schools. It is filled with real-life examples-- both successful and unsuccessful-- of character education efforts; it clearly illustrates the differences among values, virtues, and points of view; and it presents guidelines for designing effective lessons, units, assessment, and classroom activities.

About the Author

Karen E. Bohlin is executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character and assistant professor of education at Boston University. She and Kevin Ryan are coauthors of Building Character in Schools (Jossey-Bass, 1999).

Deborah Farmer is adjunct faculty member at Boston University, teaching student teachers, and an administrator at a K-8 school in Massachusetts.

Kevin Ryan is the founder and director emeritus of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character at Boston University. He is editor or author of eighteen books including Moral Education and Reclaiming Our Schools.