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EDUCATOR MUST HAVES
PRIMED for Character Education by Marvin W Berkowitz
This engaging and heartfelt book features tips for practice, anecdotes from award-winning schools, and straightforward tenets from moral education, social-emotional learning, and positive psychology.
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Making the Case for Character Education
The school days are packed as it is. But adding this to your curriculum could provide a great return on your educational investment.
You Can't Teach Through a Rat
And Other Epiphanies for Educators
by Marvin W. Berkowitz
Have you ever had the following student in your class?
Teacher: OK, please open your books. Who can tell me where we left off yesterday?
Student eagerly waves his hand.
Teacher: Yes, Chris.
Chris: My brother has a pet rat!
Learn more about this book on overcoming obstacles that undermine the best educational intentions.
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Parenting for Good
by Marvin W. Berkowitz
Parenting is not for the faint-of-heart. In this new book of essays, Dr. Marvin Berkowitz, one of character development's leading educators, offers his wit, wisdom, and experiences on the joys and surprises of raising children. We've put together a compilation of the best of Dr. Berkowitz's syndicated newspaper columns, offering insight, advice, and strategies for parents with kids of all ages.
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Schools of Social-Emotional Competence and Character:Actions for School Leaders, Teachers, and Support Staff
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This new laminated guide is designed for school leaders, staff, and educators who seek not only to educate students, but also to promote character, social-emotional competence, and a school-wide climate of safety, caring, challenge, support, respect, and inspiration.
It outlines: Core social-emotional competencies - Key aspects of character - Research on character education & social-emotional competence - What leadership teams can do to cultivate a positive school climate that promotes of good character - Professional development approaches and ways of encouraging student voice and empowerment.
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Early Character Development and Education
This article, by Marvin Berkowitz and John Grych discusses what we know about character development in early childhood, in order to suggest how we can effectively promote character in early childhood education.
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Research-Supported Teacher Strategies
Research-supported Teacher Strategies
Excerpted from The International Journal of Educational Research, What Works in Values Education, by Marvin W. Berkowitz.
Abstract
Values education (alternatively, moral education, character education) is an attempt, within schools, to craft pedagogies and supportive structures to foster the development of positive, ethical, pro-social inclinations and competencies in youth, including around strengthening their academic focus and achievement. Recent research has uncovered evidence of effective practices that apply broadly to schools at different levels and varied contents. Reviews of the empirical research have allowed for the identification of effective practices, including interactional practices, professional development, parental involvement, role modeling, and service opportunities. This article reviews the existing research and presents such a set of research-based effective practices. Copyright 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Research supported character education implementation strategies:
Peer interactive strategies
Cooperative learning
Moral dilemma discussion
Service to others
Developmental discipline
Role-modeling and mentoring
Nurturance
Trust and trustworthiness
High expectations
School-wide character focus
Family/community involvement
Pedagogy of empowerment
Teaching about character
Teaching social-emotional competencies
Induction
Professional development
For a thorough discussion of each of these strategies, please see the full paper in Volume 50, Issue 3, 2011, which can be accessed from The International Journal of Education Research.
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