Journal of Character Education (eBook)

Jacques S Benninga, Marvin W Berkowitz (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
75 Seiten
Information Age Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-64113-220-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Journal of Character Education is the only professional journal in education devoted to character education. It is designed to cover the field—from the latest research to applied best practices. We include original research reports, editorials and conceptual articles by the best minds in our field, reviews of latest books, and other relevant strategies and manuscripts by educators that describe best practices in teaching and learning related to character education. The Journal of Character Education has for over a decade been the sole scholarly journal focused on research, theory, measurement, and practice of character education. This issue includes four empirical articles and a practitioner’s voice section. Topics covered in this issue include different approaches to character education in the classroom (e.g., after school, reading strategies), applications to cheating, and teacher preparation.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
JOURNAL OF CHARACTER EDUCATION 3
EDITORS 3
Jacques S. Benninga, California State University, Fresno 3
Marvin W. Berkowitz, University of Missouri—St. Louis 3
EDITORIAL BOARD 3
Sheldon Berman, Andover (MA) Public Schools 3
Melinda Bier, University of Missouri–St. Louis 3
Shelley H. Billig, RMC Research Corporation 3
Ann Higgins D’Allesandro, Fordham University 3
Jonathan, Cohen, Teachers College 3
Matthew Davidson, Institute for Excellence and Ethics (NY) 3
Maurice Elias, Rutgers University 3
Constance Flanagan, University of Wisconsin-Madison 3
Brian R. Flay, Oregon State University 3
Perry L. Glanzer, Baylor University 3
William Hansen, Tanglewood Research 3
Charles C. Haynes, First Amendment Center 3
John D. Hoge, University of Georgia 3
James Leming, Character Evaluation Associates (FL) 3
Thomas Lickona, State University of New York–Cortland 3
Marco Muñoz, Jefferson (KY) County Public Schools 3
Larry Nucci, University of California at Berkeley 3
Fritz Oser, University of Fribourg 3
Terry Pickeral, Cascade Educational Consultants 3
Clark Power, University of Notre Dame 3
Kevin Ryan, Boston University 3
Eric Schaps, Developmental Studies Center 3
Arthur Schwartz, Widener University 3
Scott Seider, Boston University 3
Bryan Sokol, Saint Louis University 3
Herbert J. Walberg, University of Illinois at Chicago 3
Lawrence J. Walker, University of British Columbia 3
Mary Williams, La Salle University 3
James Youniss, Catholic University of America 3
MANAGING EDITOR 3
Jonathan M. Tirrell, Tufts University 3
Journal of Character Education 4
Volume 13 • Number 2 • 2017 4
Approaches to the Development of Character 4
MISSION STATEMENT 5
Directions to Contributors 5
Approaches to the Development of Character 6
Richard M. Lerner Deborah Lowe Vandell Jonathan M. Tirrell 6
Tufts University University of California–Irvine Tufts University 6
Conclusions 9
References 10
The Fundamental Importance of Effective Program Implementation for Successful Character Development 12
Joseph A. Durlak 12
Loyola University Chicago 12
This article reviews literature that emphasizes how both research findings and practical applications have confirmed the fundamental importance of program implementation in the spread of successful character education interventions. Attention is give... 12
Brief History of Implementation 13
What Is Implementation? 13
Why Is Implementation Important? 14
What Are the Major Components of Implementation? 14
Table 1 15
Definitions of the Eight Major Components of Program Implementation 15
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION? 16
Table 2 16
Examples of Factors That Can Affect Program Implementation 16
LIMITATIONS IN CURRENT RESEARCH 17
The Major Steps in the Implementation Process 17
Table 3 18
Major Steps in the Process of Implementation 18
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION? 19
What About Existing Programs? 20
Concluding Comments 20
References 21
Advancing Evaluation of Character Building Programs 24
Jennifer Brown Urban William M. Trochim 24
Montclair State University Cornell University 24
This article presents how character development practitioners, researchers, and funders might think about evaluation, how evaluation fits into their work, and what needs to happen in order to sustain evaluative practices. A broader view of evaluation... 24
HISTORY OF EVALUATION IN POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTER BUILDING PROGRAMS 25
ADVANCING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION 26
Organizational (Macro) Level Strategies 26
Systems Change 27
Systems Methods 28
Figure 1 29
The Evaluation Policy Wheel 29
Program (Micro) Level Strategies 31
The SEP 31
Figure 2 31
Steps of the SEP for Evaluation Planning 31
SEP Stages 32
Figure 3 34
Inspire> Aspire Pathway Model After Completing Mining the Model
Conclusions 35
NOTE 35
References 35
Methodological Issues in Measuring the Development of Character 40
Noel A. Card 40
University of Connecticut 40
In this article I provide an overview of the methodological issues involved in measuring constructs relevant to character development and education. I begin with a nontechnical overview of the 3 fundamental psychometric properties of measurement: rel... 40
Fundamental Psychometric Properties of Good Measures 41
Figure 1 43
Domain Representation Framework to Illustrate Validity 43
Relevance of High Quality Measurement to the Study of Character Development and Education 46
Two Examples of Different Situations 47
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW APPROACH 51
Conclusions 54
References 55
Promises and Perils of Assessing Character and Social and Emotional Learning 58
Clark McKown 58
Rush University Medical Center 58
Dr. Card’s article provides useful and clear standards for determining what good measurement is, identifies important problems in the measurement of constructs important to character education, and provides clear guidance about measurement developm... 58
CONCEPTUAL CLARITY IN A WORLD OF FUZZY BOUNDARIES 59
Practical Assessment and Its Consequences 60
Sense of Purpose in Assessment 61
Wisely Selecting Methods of Assessment 61
THE STAKES 62
References 62
Construct(ion) and Context 64
A Response to Methodological Issues in Studying Character 64
Nancy L. Deutsch 64
University of Virginia, Curry School of Education 64
In this article, I respond to Noel Card’s Methodological Issues in Measuring the Development of Character. I focus on the ways in which social scientific knowledge represents human constructions of the world and the implications of this stance for ... 64
NOTE 72
References 72
Afterword 76
Reflections on the Special Issue 76
Alexandra Beatty 76
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 76
Back Cover 78

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• ISBN-10: 1-64113-220-5 / 1641132205
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64113-220-6 / 9781641132206