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Building character in schools : practical ways to bring moral instruction to life / Kevin Ryan, Karen E. Bohlin ; foreword by Sanford N. McDonnell.

by Ryan, Kevin, 1932-

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San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1999.

Moral education -- United States.

Character -- Study and teaching -- United States.

0787943444 (cloth : acid-free and chlorine-free paper) :

xxii, 280 p. ; 24 cm.

Character education : what is it and why is it important? -- Views, values, or virtues? -- Building community of virtue -- Cultivating character through the curriculum -- Engaging parents in character education -- The teacher's work : nurturing character -- Helping students take command -- The character education manifesto -- Seven-point program -- An overview of the virtues -- The Montclair Kimberly Academy declaration -- The Boston University educators affirmation -- Character quotes -- One hundred ways to bring character education to life -- Pitfalls to avoid in character education -- Ten commandments for parents -- Exemplary moral education curricula -- Sample mini-unit : "Jonah and the whale" -- Sample mini-unit : Sadako and the thousand paper cranes -- Sample mini-unit : The little prince.

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