Trustworthiness: The Six Pillars Of Character Education

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What is Character Education?

When discussing character, we need to first look at the six pillars of character. The first pillar is Trustworthiness. On the website Charactercounts.org, trustworthiness is written in blue to correspond to “true blue.” To obtain the first pillar you need to be honest, don’t cheat or steal. You need to true to your self and do what is right. The second pillar is Respect, written in gold for the “golden rule.” To obtain respect, you need to be respectful to yourself as well as others, don’t hit or yell at anyone but still arguments in a conversational manner, accept differences, and use manners not bad language (Character Counts). The third pillar is Responsibility, written in green for “finances, …show more content…

Students can posses this understanding at a young age and carry it with them throughout life. Character Education in school systems now teach children ethics and morals in all lesson plans and discussions with out focusing on religion to have students understand what they are doing. Also, children in schools today can learn how to treat others with respect and be a better person later in life (Ryan & Bohlin, 1999). According to Finck, Hansen, and Jensen (2003), with the intervention of character education there was an increase of grade point average, decrease in disciplinary infractions, increase in student achievement, and better cafeteria behavior. Studies done in 1991 show that who students who attended a school system or are taught in a curriculum that demonstrates caring, their grade point average increases, as well as the rate of teen pregnancy and alcohol abuse decreases (Desert Morning News, 2004). This states right here why character education is so important in the school systems …show more content…

M., & Milson, A. J. (2002,). Elementary school teachers’ sense of efficacy for character education. Journal of Education Research. 96(1), 47. This article talks about how teacher’s feel about the efficacy of character education. Milson, A. J. (2000). Creating a curriculum for character development: a case study. Academic Search Premier. 74(2), 82. This journal talks about what teachers, as well as students, have to do to make this curriculum for character development work. Salend, S. J.; Duhaney, D.; Anderson, D. J.; & Gottschalk, C. (2004). Using the internet to improve homework communication and completion. Teaching Exceptional Children. 36(3), pg 64-73. This article talks about how parent’s need to get more involved in children’s homework, and a homework website is to encourage this parent and child development. Brandt, R. S. (Eds). (2000). Education in a new era. Alexandria: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. This book talks about technology and how far we have come from before the year 2000 and after the year 2000. Ryan, K.; & Bohlin, K. E. (1999). Building character in schools: Practical ways to bring moral instruction to life. San Francisco:

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