This book contains eight chapters that describe a case study of a primary school, Yeading Junior School, in London, England, that implemented whole-school character and virtue education. Educators from the school and elsewhere in England describe the school's history and background and how policy changes and global initiatives influenced decisions to incorporate character education; how a strong interfaith ethos can enhance character education and develop the virtues of children and young people; language learning and acquisition in the context of character and virtue education; the goals and purposes behind networks and partnerships that incorporate virtues; interventions to support children's development of character and virtue education through social contact and communication between multiple generations to improve the emotional health and well-being of everyone involved; strategies and support groups for character and virtue education at the school; the introduction and progression of financial literacy; and engendering pride and how success leads to further success. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Using the successful implementation achieved at Yeading Junior School, this book provides strategies and advice about how to widely implement character education in schools. This helpful guide answers the following questions schools and teachers have when considering how to develop character education:
· What character virtues are important in primary education?
· How can these be cultivated within the formal and informal curricula?
· How do we know if strategies are working and successful?
· What constitutes evidence of best practice?
With contributions from professional practitioners ranging from building partnerships in the community, intergenerational learning, using character virtues in work with vulnerable children and children with SEND, financial literacy and the diverse religious context of primary education, the book explores the opportunities for developing character virtues and virtue literacy with the purpose of supporting pupils to flourish in society. With the help of this book, schools can create an environment and ethos where learners are not only successful but can make a real difference to the world.
Written by practitioners for practitioners, this helpful guide to implementing character education in schools uses the real-life successful model of Yeading Junior School to display how to develop virtue literacy, how to input new strategies and adapt the curricula and how to best support pupils to flourish in society.
