Teaching Character in the Primary Classroom

Tom Harrison is the Director of Education at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham. He has a leading role on several research and development projects and in particular those relating to Character Education.  Ian Morris is Head of Wellbeing at Wellington College in Berkshire. He has taught religious studies and wellbeing in the independent and state sectors since 2000.  John Ryan is Director of Primary Education at the University of Birmingham, where he is responsible for the PGCE Dip Ed course and teaches professional studies.

• Part 1: Introduction to teaching characterCharacter mattersWhat is character education?Character education: theory and measurementCharacter education: taught and caughtPart 2: Character education – taughtA taught course in character educationTeaching character through the curriculumAssessing and evaluating character educationPart 3: Character education – caughtWhole-school approaches to teaching characterTeachers as character educatorsBuilding character through co-curricular programmesWorking with parents and the communityPart 4: Appendices – supporting materialsHow to become a school of character – self auditA framework for character education in the UKCharacter education teaching resourcesIndex

...A perfect academic background... character education is of utmost importance in our current educational climate...Alongside the work of the Jubilee Centre of Character and Virtues, this book will help lead the way in the UK, and global, education systems to put character education at the heart of learning.