Research-based character education
By: BERKOWITZ, Marvin W
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Contributor(s): BIER, Melinda C.
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, January 2004The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 591, p. 72-85Abstract: Whereas character education is not new, scientific study of its effetiveness has been only sporadically implemented during the past thirty-five years. Much of the application if character education is therefore not informed by a scientific knowledge base. this article introduces a scientific perspective on character education and a summary of the research base examining the student impact of scholl-based character education. from this research base, general proncipls of effective pratice are derived. This is turn is used to offer suggestions to practitioners and policy makers for the improvement of shcool-based character education
Whereas character education is not new, scientific study of its effetiveness has been only sporadically implemented during the past thirty-five years. Much of the application if character education is therefore not informed by a scientific knowledge base. this article introduces a scientific perspective on character education and a summary of the research base examining the student impact of scholl-based character education. from this research base, general proncipls of effective pratice are derived. This is turn is used to offer suggestions to practitioners and policy makers for the improvement of shcool-based character education
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