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Amanda M. Ramos; Amanda M. Griffin; Jenae M. Neiderhiser; David Reiss – Grantee Submission, 2019
Virtuous character development in children is correlated with parenting behavior, but the role of genetic influences in this association has not been examined. Using a longitudinal twin/sibling study (N = 720; Time 1 (T1) M[subscript age] = 12-14 years, Time 3 (T3) M[subscript age] = 25-27 years), the current report examines associations among…
Descriptors: Heredity, Nature Nurture Controversy, Twins, Siblings
Demirel, Melek; Özmat, Demet; Elgün, Imgehan Özkan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
The aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of primary school teachers about character education. In this descriptive study, data were collected by using a survey questionnaire which required descriptive analysis. Based on the findings, it was revealed that primary school teachers (n = 60) defined the character education as moral values…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Values Education, Elementary School Teachers, Questionnaires
Anwar, Chairul – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Globalization process went very quickly and move brings tremendous impact and implications for life, including educational institutions. Objectively, students in public schools and private are increasingly far deviated from the values of religious and moral values, the brawl between students, pornography and pornographic, played by students, abuse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion Studies, Islam, Values Education
Center on Children and Families at Brookings, 2014
These essays provide richer set of writings on the philosophical, empirical and practical issues raised by a focus on character, and in particular its relationship to questions of opportunity. Each one is an intellectual pemmican: sharp and to the point. Two scholars draw attention to the gendered nature of character formation (Segal and Lexmond);…
Descriptors: Essays, Values Education, Personality Development, Moral Development
Costley, Kevin C.; Harrington, Kayla – Online Submission, 2012
Due to the eroding family composition of American families today and other important variables contributing to children's lack of social skills and inappropriate behaviors, the implementation of a Character Education curriculum is a greater need in schools today. This need is much more pressing than during the middle of the last century. Some…
Descriptors: Integrity, Values Education, Ethical Instruction, Educational Needs
Chapman, David W. – Christian Higher Education, 2007
Although many colleges profess interest in character development, faculty often feel ill equipped to address questions of vocation and purpose in their classes. Life writing--biography and autobiography--is a popular genre outside of the university, but is largely neglected within the academy. The study of life writing provides a natural way to…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Autobiographies, Biographies, Personality Development
Covaleskie, John F. – Philosophical Studies in Education, 2006
In this article, John F. Covaleskie considers a threefold question: (1) what is the nature of the sort of liberty that enables one to live as a free person, but also bound by the requirements of democratic citizenship; (2) what is the nature of the virtues that make this sort of person possible; and (3) what is the nature of the educational…
Descriptors: Freedom, Discipline, Democratic Values, Values Education
Hussain, Khuram – Journal of Moral Education, 2007
This paper offers a theoretical comparison of the concept of the individual presumed in modern Islamic educational theory and western moral educational theory, revealing a distinct Islamic point of view on the western educational premise that a moral universe is derived dialectically between individual and society. From an Islamic perspective,…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Muslims, Moral Development, Educational Theories