http://www.character.org/blog/2012/02/38-parenting-practices-that-build-moral-intelligence/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:55:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.character.org/blog/2012/02/38-parenting-practices-that-build-moral-intelligence/#comment-112 Hifi Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:57:52 +0000 http://www.character.org/?p=6584#comment-112 Like most character education, the epithets sound good, but what evidence is offered that any are effective? Like most character education, the epithets sound good, but what evidence is offered that any are effective?

]]> http://www.character.org/blog/2012/02/38-parenting-practices-that-build-moral-intelligence/#comment-111 Clete Bulach Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:40:23 +0000 http://www.character.org/?p=6584#comment-111 The Parenting Practices above are excellent. A few parents will implement them, but most wil quickly forget them. A school's character ed program should involve parents, but most character education programs focus on a character trait for the week. This does not allow parents to become involved. I recommend that a focus on one character trait for a year would be much better. This would allow parents and the community to become involved. I suggest that "courtesy" would be a good trait for starters for the first year and "self respect" the second year. The process for implementing this character education program that requires no curriculum or cost is described in Chapter 5 of our book on "Creating a Culture for High Performing Schools. The Parenting Practices above are excellent. A few parents will implement them, but most wil quickly forget them. A school’s character ed program should involve parents, but most character education programs focus on a character trait for the week. This does not allow parents to become involved. I recommend that a focus on one character trait for a year would be much better. This would allow parents and the community to become involved. I suggest that “courtesy” would be a good trait for starters for the first year and “self respect” the second year. The process for implementing this character education program that requires no curriculum or cost is described in Chapter 5 of our book on “Creating a Culture for High Performing Schools.

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