The article discusses the importance of quantitative empirical character assessment for better understanding the formation of character and for promoting virtue and thereby also human flourishing. Attention is given to a number of challenges in developing character survey items along with criteria for evaluating items and examples of successes and…

The need to educate students and school staff about the dangers of misuse of Internet and ethical issues relating to it is discussed.

The role of educators in bringing in ethics in the use of Internet and computing among students is discussed.

The role of teachers, educators and school administrators in inculcating ethics among students in the use of Internet is discussed.

The evolution of character education as part of curriculum over the centuries is discussed with focus on literature on psychological and ethical issues.

The need for care of the self as part of moral education is discussed with instances from Plato, Alcibiades and teachings of Socrates.

The trend in ethical teaching in public schools in the United States since the World War II is analyzed.

The need for developing a curriculum that imparts moral education to disabled students by tapping their inherent talent is discussed.

The impact of English teachers' personal behavior and English literary works on the moral education of students is discussed.

Describes Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of moral development and provides examples of how Kohlberg's theoretical principles can be employed in everyday family interaction. Holds that parents are always moral educators and must therefore consciously implement moral development strategies in the home environment. (GC)

Discusses whether virtue can be taught in college, asserting that virtue is relative and tradition bound. Difficulties in answering this question include lack of adequate definitions of terms, overwhelming influence of Christian and Western approaches, the "unvirtue" experienced by many learners, and students' innate resistance to the…

Asserts that university students are at precisely the right age to gain greater power over their lives, describing a vacuous college life and discussing the potential that a good university education offers. Examines possibilities and promise in students' lives, suggesting that the principal task in fostering virtue is to evoke love in students…

Describes and critiques two approaches for moral development of elementary school students, the forming of moral habits and the developing moral reasoning. It is recommended that both approaches be used with an early emphasis on habit formation and a gradual increase in attention to moral reasoning. (GR)

Discusses perspectives and approaches that teachers can utilize in demonstrating for students the importance and complexity of ethical decisions in the oral and written composition process. Explores the use of religious, legal, political, dialogical, situational, and human nature perspectives. (Author/GC)

Invites college professors to look at curiosity as an operative, intellectual virtue giving impetus to the moral lives of students. Addresses the objection that professors are simply too specialized in their professional content areas to help students develop virtue, asserting that curiosity well fostered promotes a set of other moral virtues,…