Character and Community Development: A School Planning and Teacher Training Handbook

Character and Community Development: A School Planning and Teacher Training Handbook

by Gordon G. Vessels
Character and Community Development: A School Planning and Teacher Training Handbook

Character and Community Development: A School Planning and Teacher Training Handbook

by Gordon G. Vessels

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Overview

This book provides the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundation that teachers, principals, professors, and students preparing for teaching will need in order to be informed and effective planners and evaluators of character education programs and good character educators. Through its clear definition of terms, review of Constitutional and public support, comparative analysis of philosophical approaches, synthesis of many relevant theories of child development, K-12 core curriculum, description of many instructional strategies, and methodology for program evaluation, this handbook effectively prepares prospective program planners and character educators to create comprehensive programs that are developmentally appropriate, adapted to the unique needs and characteristics of school communities, and soundly evaluated.

Dr. Vessels presents a wide range of options, developmental and practical guidelines for choosing from among these options, and a creative core curriculum and evaluation technology that he hopes school community members will find useful for their particular school or system.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275961343
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/27/1998
Series: Economic History; 201
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

GORDON G. VESSELS is a school psychologist who recently directed a character education grant project in the Atlanta Public Schools, funded by the Georgia Humanities Council. Currently he is working on related research articles and consulting with schools and school systems that are interested in initiating or improving character education programs. Dr. Vessels is a former teacher and social worker with leadership certification and 25 years of experiences as an educator.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Character Education
Relevant Philosophy and Theory
A Developmentally Appropriate Core Curriculum
Strategies and Techniques
Program Planning and Evaluation
Appendices
Index

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