Building Character in Schools

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Building Character in Schools

• Kevin Ryan
• Karen Bohlin
• Presented by
• Helen Reyes

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Ten Commandments

• Exodus 3428
• Moses was up on the mountain with the Lord forty
  days and forty nights. In all that time he
  neither ate nor drank. At that time he wrote the
  terms of the covenantthe Ten Commandmentson the
  stone tablets.
• Huge community of Gods people

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Diagram A Interaction of the
Worldview Model Components
Christ the Creator (Colossians
114-16) Individuals Under Lordship
(Phil. 29-11)
Philosophical Base Col 28 Epistemological Ethica
l Axiological Aesthetics
Nature of Man Trinitarian (See Chart One)
Acceptance/Rejection (I Cor. 214-16)
Application
Evolutionary Worldview Beliefs Consequences
Romans 1
YEC Worldview Beliefs
Dr. Steve Deckard
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Joshua 17

• Be strong and very courageous. Obey all the laws
  Moses gave you. Do not turn away from them, and
  you will be successful in everything you do.

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• Building a Community of Virtue
• By Kevin Ryan
• Karen E. Bohlin

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Key Concepts/Terms

• Polis (Greek city)
• A group of people who share a vision for what
  constitutes a civilized life
• Not by chance
• Shared principles and core beliefs
• Committed citizens
• Safe place
• Compared to outside the walls

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Key Concepts/Terms

• School is like a polis
• A group of people who share a vision for what
  constitutes a civilized life
• Not by chance
• Shared principles and core beliefs
• Committed citizens
• Safe place
• Compared to outside the walls

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Key Concepts/Terms

• Ethos
• Character
• Nature or disposition

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Key Quote

• When a people or government fails to attend to
  what holds their city together, when citizens
  have little regard for the common good, when
  political leaders betray or distort the moral
  ideals and principles for which they supposedly
  stand, then as Yeats prophetically pointed out,
  Things fall apart, the center cannot hold
• Ryan Bohlin

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Supporting a Community of Virtue

• Aim high
• Create resonance (harmony)
• Meaningful service (learn to give)
• Student ownership (responsibility)
• Little things (are important)
• Close relationships
• Caring enough to correct

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Other Places Education Takes Place

• School bus
• Hallways
• Study Hall
• Bathrooms
• Cafeteria
• Playground

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Negative Ethos

• No shared vision
• Cutthroat competition
• Little opportunity to serve
• No traditions
• No student voice
• Neglect of school grounds or property

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Questions

• What kind of citizens would be produced in a
  school that values above all else
• grades
• a winning football team
• maintaining a certain clothes brand
• Building good citizens
• Others?
• Education that is based in a biblical worldview

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Review

• Schools are communities
• Require actions to support a community of virtue

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Fill in the blank

• When a people or government fails to attend to
  what holds their city together, when ______ have
  little regard for the common good, when ________
  betray or distort the moral ideals and ______ for
  which they supposedly stand, then as Yeats
  prophetically pointed out, Things fall apart, the
  center cannot hold

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Questions

• What are the defining characteristics of a polis?
• What elements must be present to support a
  community of virtue?