Moral / CharacterMoral / CharacterEducationEducation

Presented by Timothy FinkPresented by Timothy Fink

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SurveySurvey

Please take a few Please take a few minutes to answer the minutes to answer the survey questions.survey questions.

Discussion on a few Discussion on a few of the questions.of the questions.

Home, School, or Both (6)Home, School, or Both (6) Character Ed in School (4)Character Ed in School (4) Graduating Students (7)Graduating Students (7) What Values (8)What Values (8)

Character EducationCharacter Education

Character EducationCharacter Education

Definition & PurposeDefinition & Purpose

Moral education fits Moral education fits into the sub category into the sub category of character of character educationeducation

Goal is to develop a Goal is to develop a system of moral system of moral integrityintegrity

School’s MissionSchool’s Mission

HistoryHistory

John Dewey John Dewey mentioned that “the mentioned that “the aim of education is aim of education is growth or growth or development, both development, both intellectual and intellectual and moral.”moral.”

U.S. PresidentsU.S. Presidents ReganRegan ClintonClinton

CredibilityCredibility

Common Core StandardsCommon Core Standards

Direct InstructionDirect Instruction Teacher CenteredTeacher Centered

Multiple Choice Multiple Choice QuestionsQuestions

Learning?Learning?

PlatoPlato

Church vs. StateChurch vs. State

““Rests on three Rests on three ideological legs: ideological legs: behaviorism, behaviorism, conservatism, and conservatism, and religion.”religion.”

Thomas Jefferson – Thomas Jefferson – separation of powersseparation of powers

Parents vs. SchoolParents vs. School

Polls indicate that Polls indicate that about about “70 percent of “70 percent of public school parents public school parents want schools to teach want schools to teach 'strict standards of right 'strict standards of right and wrong,' and 85 and wrong,' and 85 percent want schools to percent want schools to teach values.”teach values.”

Whose Values?Whose Values?

MotivationMotivation

MicrocosmMicrocosm Math teacher shows students Math teacher shows students

only one way of solving only one way of solving problem.problem.

Character Education suggests Character Education suggests only one way of building only one way of building morals and one way to answer morals and one way to answer correctly.correctly.

Values are taught regardless if Values are taught regardless if there's a programthere's a program

ConclusionConclusion

1)1) Curriculum Specialists Curriculum Specialists Whose values?Whose values?

2)2) Directors of Character Directors of Character Ed.Ed.

Church vs. StateChurch vs. State

3)3) Teachers Teachers Poor InstructionPoor Instruction Values regardlessValues regardless

4)4) Students Students Easier said than doneEasier said than done Not as beneficial as Not as beneficial as

presentedpresented Three R’sThree R’s

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