Bob is a Minister in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas Isn’t it great when we recognize some potential in children or students? We can see that they have an ability to write or communicate well. Maybe we see a knack for understanding math, or the sciences just seem to come easily, or maybe… Read more »
A Reading List The Bridge Dancers – C. Saller – Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1991 Call It Courage – A. Sperry – New York: Macmillan (Collier Books), 1978 The Courage of Sarah Noble – A. Dalgliesh – New York: Scribner’s & Sons, 1954 El Chino – A. Say – Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1990 The… Read more »
Using Tom and Huck to Develop Moral Reasoning Brief Description Demonstrates how to use dilemma situations for literature to develop adolescent moral reasoning. Dilemmas involve questions of responsibility, fairness, rightness and wrongness, empathy and caring, and motive or intention. Sample activities focus on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Adapt these activities to any piece of… Read more »
CHARLOTTE — Student assaults and threats against school employees surged by almost 60 percent in North Carolina over the past three years, and some teachers say it’s time to fight back. Teachers say they’ve become frightened of some of the children they are supposed to serve: a small population of angry and defiant students, habitual… Read more »
1.What’s the difference between purpose and activity? 2. List my expectations by stating “What do I want out of my current classes?”. 3. List the seven values and reference them to a body part. 4. Of the seven values, which do you believe is the most important in contributing toward your success? State your rationale…. Read more »
Most students (63 percent) think values and principles of right and wrong should be taught in the classroom. Those least likely to support this notion are students who earn C averages or worse, according to a survey conducted for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc. The report, Students Voice Their Opinions… Read more »
Teaching Values: How 7,700 of you feel about ethic Top Ten Values 1. Basic idea of right and wrong 98% 2. The importance of education 92% 3. Standards concerning sexual behavior 83% 4. Respect for people of different races, ages,values 82% 5. The importance of Marriage and family 77% 6. The Value of friendship. 77%… Read more »
Culture: Americans’ fixation with sex and sleaze puts flaws on a pedestal above achievement. Shortly after her husband’s assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy wrote: “For Jack history was full of heroes…. Jack had this hero idea of history.” How quaint she seems, how naive and sentimental. Now Jack frolics in the White House pool with call girls… Read more »
For all the debate about the Golden State Warriors’ decision to fire Latrell Sprewell for assaulting his coach, let us remember there was a time when even celebrity athletes were held accountable for their misdeeds. We forget because of the recent coddling of multi million dollar sports celebrities and the indulgence of their spoiled-brat tantrums…. Read more »
Chip Wood, co-creator of the Responsive Class-room gave the June 25, 1996 keynote at the Center’s Second Annual Summer Institute in Character Education at SUNY Cortland. In his concluding remarks, he outlined seven promises he believes we must make to our children schools, and each other if we are to move our beliefs about character… Read more »
