
Character Compass
How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success
- 296 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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2013 American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Moral Development and Education Outstanding Book Award
In Character Compass, Scott Seider offers portraits of three high-performing urban schools in Boston, Massachusetts that have made character development central to their mission of supporting student success, yet define character in three very different ways.
One school focuses on students' moral character development, another emphasizes civic character development, and the third prioritizes performance character development. Drawing on surveys, interviews, field notes, and student achievement data, Character Compass highlights the unique effects of these distinct approaches to character development as well as the implications for parents, educators, and policymakers committed to fostering powerful school culture in their own school communities.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Dimensions of Character
- Moral Character at Boston Prep
- Performance Character at Roxbury Prep
- Civic Character at pacific Rim
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Note on Research
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index