Moral and Character Education
Name : Moral and Character Education.
Category : Education and Training
Files Source: www.teach.valdosta.edu
File Added : August 5, 2010
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An online presentation about definitions of character, importance of character, character versus competence, impacting moral & character development, components of character, exemplary programs, and other.
Content summary :
“Three major issues in the education of young people today
* Vision
Identification of what is possible for both self and society; includes the discovery and/or defining of one’s life mission and desired lifestyl
* Competence
Development of the knowledge, values, attitudes, and skills necessary for success in a given society or culture
* Character
The moral quality and direction of one’s decisions and behavior
- The following two definitions provide examples of a normative view of character:
“engaging in morally relevant conduct or words, or refraining from certain conduct or words”
“a complex set of relatively persistent qualities of the individual person, and generally has a positive connotation when used in discussions of moral education”
* Scholarly debate on moral development and character formation extends to ancient times
Aristotle’s Nichomacean Ethics
* Socrates’ Meno
* Major thinkers in Western Civilization have been concerned with moral and character development
* John Locke, 17th century English philosopher
* John Stuart Mill and Herbert Spencer, 19th century English philosophers
* John Dewey, 20th century American philosopher and educator
Both educators and American public believe character education should be an important part of schooling
* Educators — competence in basic skills, feelings of self-worth, and moral development should be priorities in schools (Spears, 1973)
Both educators and American public believe character education should be an important part of schooling
* Public — competence in basic skills and instruction in schools that would deal with morals and moral behavior (Gallup, 1980)
* Modern educators have placed more emphasis on competence than character
* However, competence and character are not mutually exclusive (Wynne & Walberg, 1985)…..” Download for more information!!
