Character Education from a Catholic Perspective

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Catholic Character Education Sites

Character Development in the Catholic School A booklet produced by the National Character Education Association with various articles reflecting on Catholic Character Education.
Catholic Virtues,
American Virtues		 On February 2-3, 2001, the Faith & Reason Institute sponsored a conference at the University Club in Washington, D.C., which examined the well-developed Catholic virtue tradition in light of current discussions of what constitutes character education. The article "Character Education and Psychological Models of Virtue" offers a schema for examining various forms of Character Education includingREligious Education.
A comprehensive approach to character building in Catholic schools Thomas Lickona's article on the Catholic Approach to Character Education.
Character-Centered Families and Schools An interview from Zenit in which Thomas Lickona advocates Character Education in Catholic Schools.
Character Education/ Formation in Catholic Schools Article by Rev Robert Marine at a 1998 leadership symposium. Offers a summary of Character Education in the context of Catholic Schools.
Becoming People of Christ Waterloo CDSB's approach to Character Education which is rooted in the Catholic Graduate Expectations is summarized in a one page article.
How Not to Teach Values
A Critical Look at Character Education		 An article by educational iconoclast Alfie Kohn who accuses much of modern character education to hold a negative anthropology, be overly behaviouristic and be rooted in Catholic tradition. He calls for a wider understanding and practice of Character Education.
York CDSB Character newsletters Two character newsletters and a poster are featured on this site. This shows examples of Character education programs in Catholic schools.

General Character Education Sites


Character Education Partnership 		Character Education Partnership is dedicated to developing young people of good character who become responsible and caring citizens. The Eleven Principles of Character Education are found on this site.
Character Counts

The most widely implemented approach to character education — embraced by thousands of schools, communities, public agencies and nonprofits
Nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian — promotes the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, citizenship
The national office develops and supports local activists with training programs, special projects, materials and consulting. -website
Center for the 4th and 5th R's The Center conducts K-12 character education trainings, research, and evaluation and publishes The Fourth and Fifth Rs "best practices" newsletter. We define character education as the intentional integration of excellence and ethics—developing performance character (doing our best work) and moral character (doing the right thing) within an ethical learning community.-Website
Teaching children respect. This website is primarily for parents, but includes different strategies for teaching children respect. These include an Easy child encouragement system, advice and a 1-2-3 magic parenting tactic that was introduced and is currently being used at my school.-- Anna Castro
The Giraffe Project We’re a national nonprofit that since 1984 has been moving people to stick their necks out for the common good and giving them tools to succeed. --website
York Region Character Community York Region takes a community approach to Character education that encompasses schools (public, Catholic, & private), businesses and government ina coordinated effort to create Communities of Character.
Character Matters: the York DSB Approach York Region District School Board's approach to character Education.
CASEL CASEL's mission: CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social &Emotional Learning ) will enhance children's success in school and life by promoting coordinated, evidence-based social, emotional, and academic learning as an essential part of education from preschool though high school.-Website
Links to Character Education Sites The Utah State Office of Education provides this comprehensive set of Character Education links.
 

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