Teaching Character in the Primary Classroom

Tom Harrison is the Director of Education at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham. He has a leading role on several research and development projects and in particular those relating to Character Education. Ian Morris is Head of Wellbeing at Wellington College in Berkshire. He has taught religious studies and wellbeing in the independent and state sectors since 2000. John Ryan is Director of Primary Education at the University of Birmingham, where he is responsible for the PGCE Dip Ed course and teaches professional studies.

Part 1: Introduction to teaching character Character matters What is character education? Character education: theory and measurement Character education: taught and caught Part 2: Character education - taught A taught course in character education Teaching character through the curriculum Assessing and evaluating character education Part 3: Character education - caught Whole-school approaches to teaching character Teachers as character educators Building character through co-curricular programmes Working with parents and the community Part 4: Appendices - supporting materials How to become a school of character - self audit A framework for character education in the UK Character education teaching resources Index

...A perfect academic background... character education is of utmost importance in our current educational climate...Alongside the work of the Jubilee Centre of Character and Virtues, this book will help lead the way in the UK, and global, education systems to put character education at the heart of learning. -- Keith Ellis, Deputy Headteacher at Oakthorpe Primary School