Handbook of Moral and Character Education

@toc:1: Introduction and Overview, Larry Nucci and Darcia Narvaez
Section I: Defining the Field: Historical, philosophical and methodological foundations


2: Philosophical Moorings, Thomas Wren


3: Moral Self-Identity as the Aim of Education , Dan Lapsley


4: Moral Education in the Cognitive Developmental Tradition, John Snarey


5: Traditional Approaches to Character Education in Britain and America, James Arthur


6: Character Education as the Cultivation of Virtue, David Carr


7: School, Community and Moral Education, Kenneth A. Strike


8: Research and practice in moral and character education: Loosely coupled phenomena, James S. Leming





Section 2: Relationships in Schools and Classrooms


9: Caring and Moral Education, Nel Noddings


10: Developmental Discipline and Moral Education, Marilyn Watson


11: Social Interdependence, Moral Character and Moral Education, David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson


12: The Just Community Approach to Moral Education and the Moral Atmosphere of the School


F. Clark Power & Ann Higgins –D’Alessandro


13: Social and Emotional Learning, Moral Education, and Character Education: A Comparative Analysis and a View Toward Convergence, Maurice J. Elias, , V. Megan Kash, Roger P. Weissberg, Mary Utne O’Brien


14: Peer Relationships and Social Groups: Implications for Social and Moral Education, Stacey S. Horn, Christopher Daddis, Melanie Killen





Section 3: Contemporary Approaches


15: Moral Education and Domain Theory, Larry Nucci


16: Human Flourishing and Moral Development: Cognitive and Neurobiological Perspectives of Virtue Development, Darcia Narvaez


17: The Child Development Project: Creating Caring School Communities, Victor A. Battistich


18: Constructivist Approaches to Moral Education in Early Childhood, Carol Hildebrandt, Betty Zan


19: Smart & Good Schools: A New Paradigm for High School Character Education, Matthew Davidson, Thomas Lickona, Vladimir Khmelkov


20: Fostering the Moral and Civic Development of College Students, Anne Colby


21: What Works in Character Education: What is Known and What Needs to be Known , Marvin W. Berkowitz, Victor A. Battistich, Melinda Bier


22: Education for Integrity: Connection, Compassion and Character, Rachael Kessler with Catherine Fink





Section 4: Moral and Character Education Beyond the Classroom


23: Positive Youth Development in the United States: History, Efficacy, and Links to Moral and Character Education, Richard F. Catalano, J. David Hawkins, John W. Toumbourou


24: The Moral and Civic Effects of Learning to Serve, Dan Hart, M. Kyle Matsuba, Robert Atkins


25: Sport and the Development of Character, David Light Shields, Brenda Light Bredemeier


26: The Community Contribution to Moral Development and Character, Jim Lies, Kendall Cotton Bronk, Jennifer Menon Mariano


27: Media and Prosocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents, Marjorie J. Hogan, Victor C. Strasburger





Section 5: Professional Issues


28: Guided by Theory, Grounded in Evidence: A Way Forward for Professional Ethics Education, Muriel J. Bebeau, Verna E. Monson


29: Teacher Education for Moral and Character Education, Merle Schwartz


30: Teaching Ethically as a Moral Condition of Professionalism, Elizabeth Campbell