Character Education

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Character Education
Thomas Lickona

• By Danielle and Kristen

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Who is Thomas Lickona?

• Developmental psychologist
• Professor of Education at the State University of
  New York at Courtland
• newest philosophers with his works in creating
  Character Education
• completed research on the growth of child
  reasoning
• Published many books and essays

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What is Character Education?

• the deliberate effort to develop virtues that are
  good for the individual and society
• To teach students to affirm our human dignity,
  promote happiness, serve the common good, and
  learn individual rights and responsibilities.

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The Six Pillars of Character Education

• Trustworthiness
• Respect
• Responsibility
• Fairness
• Caring
• Citizenship

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Character in Special Education

• The six pillars can teach those in special
  education important life skills that will help
  them succeed not only in the school setting but
  also for the future

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The 3 Rs to Growing Up

• Be Responsible
• Choose to do the RIGHT thing
• Respect Yourself

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Character Education in Schools

• goes beyond the curriculum in teaching students
  to be a better individual
• building character can be seen even in the high
  school system with mandatory community service
  being requested from each student in order to
  graduate

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Sara Porter

• Mrs. Mercers philosophy is only focusing on the
  academic part of school however, the school is a
  place that students can learn many life skills to
  help them be better classmates and members in the
  community
• Mrs. Mercer also needs to give praise that is
  more positive to Sara.
• Sara needs to be given some responsibility in the
  classroom, which will allow her to be motivated
  on coming to school each day

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ACTIVITY TIME
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SIX PILLARS

• As a group describe a lesson for
• your pillar and how you would
• teach it to your students

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Resources

• Thinking Media (2007). Character Education.
  Retrieved March 10, 2009, from http//charactered.
  net/
• (2009). http//www.goodcharacter.com/. Retrieved
  March 10, 2009, from Character Education
• Lickona, T, Schaps, E, Lewis, C (2003). CEP's
  Eleven Principles of Effective Character
  Education.