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ERIC Number: EJ557592
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
Character Education as a Key Component of School Reform.
Dobbs, Dennis
Social Studies Review, v37 n1 p54-55 Fall-Win 1997
Posits character education as an integral element in transforming the mission and purpose of schooling. Discusses the grass-roots and collaborative efforts of educators in organizing information and support networks implementing character education. Maintains that character education is necessary to correct the antisocial messages and gratuitous violence presented in the media. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development, Moral Values, Program Implementation, Quality of Life, Role of Education, Social Networks, Social Problems, Values Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: California; Character Education
Note: Theme issue on "Character Education."