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      Character education in teacher education programs

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      Date
      2004-12-13
      Author
      Sacher, Constance
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This study examined the extent to which character education has a place in teacher education programs in Saskatchewan. Teacher educators (faculty and sessional lecturers) from two teacher education programs in Saskatchewan and new teachers (those with five years of teaching experience or less) from two urban school divisions in Saskatchewan were surveyed. The survey explored how participants felt about three facets of character education within teacher education programs: the teaching of character education methodology, the enhancement of pre-service teachers’ character, and the responsibility for character education. The results showed that both teachers and teacher educators felt that character education should be taught in publicly funded schools (K-12) and that character education methodology should be taught within teacher preparation programs. Survey results showed that even though the majority of participants felt that character education should be taught in public schools and that character education methodology should be taught within teacher education programs, pre-service teachers, for the most part, were not being given instruction in character education.
      Degree
      Master of Education (M.Ed.)
      Department
      Educational Psychology and Special Education
      Program
      Educational Psychology and Special Education
      Supervisor
      Hellsten, Laurie; Noonan, Brian
      Committee
      Mykota, David; Kelly, Ivan W.; Collins, Michael
      Copyright Date
      December 2004
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-12212004-100729
      Subject
      teacher preparation programs
      values
      morals
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