ABSTRACT
Winner of the 2023 Outstanding Book Award from AERA's Moral Development and Education SIG!
In PRIMED for Character Education, renowned character educator Marvin W Berkowitz boils down decades of research on evidence-based practices and thought-provoking field experience into a clear set of principles that leaders, administrators, and teacher-leaders can implement to help students thrive.
The author’s original six-component framework offers a comprehensive guide to shaping purposeful learning environments, healthy relationships, core values and virtues, role models, empowerment, and long-term development in any PreK-12 school or district.
This engaging and heartfelt book features tips for practice, anecdotes from award-winning schools, and straightforward tenets from moral education, social-emotional learning, and positive psychology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|30 pages
Mapping the Terrain of Character Education
part II|45 pages
PRIMED Principle 1: Prioritization
part III|30 pages
PRIMED Principle 2: Relationships
part IV|18 pages
PRIMED Principle 3: Intrinsic Motivation (Internalization)
part V|13 pages
PRIMED Principle 4: Modeling
part VI|14 pages
PRIMED Principle 5: Empowerment
part VII|16 pages
PRIMED Principle 6: Developmental Pedagogy
part VIII|5 pages
Final Thoughts