{"product_id":"building-character-in-schools-resource-guide-isbn-9780787959548","title":"Building Character in Schools Resource Guide","description":"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. \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Character Education: What Is It and Why Is It Important? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Views, Values, or Virtues 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Building a Community of Virtue 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Cultivating Character Through the Curriculum 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Engaging Parents in Character Education 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Teacher's Work: Nurturing Character 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Helping Students Take Command 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendices Part 1: Good Ideas 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA The Character Education Manifesto 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB Character Education Reading List 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendices Part 2: Action Strategies 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC Internalizing Virtue: An Instructional and Schoolwide Framework 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD 100 Ways to Bring Character Education to Life 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE Friendship and Character in Film 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF Virtue in Action: A K-8 Guide 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG Helping Younger Students Understand the Virtue of Respect 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH Columbine Elementary School, Grades K-5: Personal and Social Responsibility Standards 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Stepping Stone Activities for Grade 7: Justice 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ Benjamin Franklin Classical Character School Discipline Reflection Form 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eK Sample Survey of Perceived School Environment: For Teachers, Parents, and Students 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendices Part 3: Curriculum 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eL The Great depression: learning Courage and Hopw 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eM Sojourner's Example: Developing Courage 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eN Peppe the Lamplighter: Envisioning Diligence 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eO Developing a Yearlong Theme: Our Choices Reveal Our Character 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eP Elizabeth Barker, Prison Educator: Thinking About Choice 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKaren E. Bohlin\u003c\/b\u003e 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). \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Farmer\u003c\/b\u003e is adjunct faculty member at Boston University, teaching student teachers, and an administrator at a K-8 school in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMoral Education\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Reclaiming Our Schools\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e In their landmark book \u003ci\u003eBuilding Character in Schools\u003c\/i\u003e authors Kevin Ryan \u003cbr\u003eand Karen Bohlin provided a blueprint for educators who wanted to translate a commitment to character excellence into a school-wide vision and effort. In this companion guide to their best-selling book, the authors have created a hands-on guide for realizing that vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding Character in Schools Resource Guide\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy implementing the book's strategic planning tools and actions steps, and using the worksheets, overheads, and discussion prompts, educators will make progress toward instilling in their students the habits and dispositions that lead to responsible adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988864844005,"sku":"NP9780787959548","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787959548.jpg?v=1761781830","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/building-character-in-schools-resource-guide-isbn-9780787959548","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}