Moral%20/%20Character%20Education

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Moral / CharacterEducation

• Presented by Timothy Fink

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Outline

• Survey / Discussion
• Video
• Presentation
• Questions / Comments

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Survey

• Please take a few minutes to answer the survey
  questions.
• Discussion on a few of the questions.
• Home, School, or Both (6)
• Character Ed in School (4)
• Graduating Students (7)
• What Values (8)

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Character Education

• Character Education

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Definition Purpose

• Moral education fits into the sub category of
  character education
• Goal is to develop a system of moral integrity
• Schools Mission

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History

• John Dewey mentioned that the aim of education
  is growth or development, both intellectual and
  moral.
• U.S. Presidents
• Regan
• Clinton

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Credibility

• Common Core Standards
• Direct Instruction
• Teacher Centered
• Multiple Choice Questions
• Learning?
• Plato

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Church vs. State

• Rests on three ideological legs behaviorism,
  conservatism, and religion.
• Thomas Jefferson separation of powers

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Parents vs. School

• Polls indicate that about 70 percent of public
  school parents want schools to teach 'strict
  standards of right and wrong,' and 85 percent
  want schools to teach values.
• Whose Values?
• Motivation

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Microcosm

• Math teacher shows students only one way of
  solving problem.
• Character Education suggests only one way of
  building morals and one way to answer correctly.
• Values are taught regardless if there's a program

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Conclusion

• 1) Curriculum Specialists
• Whose values?
• 2) Directors of Character Ed.
• Church vs. State

• 3) Teachers
• Poor Instruction
• Values regardless
• 4) Students
• Easier said than done
• Not as beneficial as presented
• Three Rs

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Questions / Comments