Full Description
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 the 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 a "Voices" section highlighting the 2017 Character.org "Sandy Award" recipient, along with four peer-reviewed articles, and a book review.
Contents
Editors' Introduction; Marvin W. Berkowitz and Jacques S. Benninga
Voices
The 2017 Character.org "Sandy Award" Remarks Honoring Dr. Charles Haynes; Linda McKay
Keepers of the Nation's Conscience: Charles C. Haynes Acceptance Speech of the 2017 Sanford N. McDonnell Lifetime Achievement Award (the "Sandy Award"); Charles C. Haynes.
Articles
Empirically Informed Character Education and Leadership Education in Focused High School Classrooms: 15 Years of Consensus, Development, and Evaluation; Joseph M. Hoedel and Robert E. Lee
Character Education in High School Athletics: Perspectives From Athletics Directors on a Curriculum to Promote Character Development through Sport; Andrea Vest Ettekal, Brian Burkard, Kaitlyn A. Ferris, Kristina L. Moore and Richard M. Lerner
A New Perspective: Spontaneous Character Education Using Positive Causal Attribution Training; Sarah Hamsher
The Relationship Between Attachment and Grit in Lower Income Adolescents; Toni Mandelbaum
Book Review
Review of How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain, by Thomas Lickona; David Streight
