Leadership for Social Justice and Democracy in Our Schools by Blankstein Alan M.;Houston Paul D.; & Paul D. Houston

Author:Blankstein, Alan M.;Houston, Paul D.; & Paul D. Houston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2011-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

MAPPING THE TERRAIN

Character education is comprehensive school reform that supports both academic achievement and positive student development. When I use the term character education, I am using it broadly to include related terms like positive psychology, prosocial education, and social-emotional learning. In doing so, I will use the following definition: “[C]haracter education … is the process of intentionally fostering … the composite of those characteristics of the individual that directly motivate and enable him or her to act as a moral agent, that is, to do the right thing” (Berkowitz & Puka, 2009, p. 109). Furthermore, this view of character education is fundamentally based in changing the entire culture, and consequently many of the practices, of a school. It therefore makes sense that the principal in a school is the centerpiece of character education’s quality and success.

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