27/09/2023
THE SIX Es OF CHARACTER EDUCATION SCHOOLS & HOMES SHOULD KNOW
The emphasis on CHARACTER EDUCATION cannot be over stressed, especially not with the increasing cases of character deficits apparent across all segments of society today.
Schools should embrace their role as a partner with parents in character education. By this, we do not just mean trying to get kids to have the right attitude about drugs, violence or gender issues or whatever the hot topic of the day is.
There is a crucial role for engaging children and young people in discussion of such complicated ethical dilemmas, but true character education is about acquiring virtuous habits. It's about knowing what persistence is and then being able to stay the course, or about having a rich understanding of what kindness is and then being able to apply it.
What does that look like in the classroom, or even in the homes and family settings? We can answer that question in terms of what we call "the six Es of character education."
1. Example
2. Ethos
3. Explanation
4. Emotion
5. Experience
6. Expectations
These are critical points which speak to how our young people are guided as they grow through their childhood and youth.
We'll be sharing our ideas on each of these points through the month of October.