Early Character Education Programs in American Schools and their peculiarities
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https://doi.org/10.31812/educdim.v42i0.2837Keywords:
character education program, boy scouts, Тhe Young Men’s Christian Association’ (The YMCA, ‘The Boy Scouts of America’ (Тhe BSA), educationAbstract
Olishkevych S. V. Early Character Education Programs in American Schools and their peculiarities.
The article analyses major trends in education and society in XX century and their influence on character education in the USA, distinguishes two pioneer programs ‘Тhe Young Men’s Christian Association’ (The YMCA, The Boy Scouts of America’ (Тhe BSA) that first started doing character education in America, highlighted the way of these programs’ development before they managed to become part of American public school and school curricular.
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2. Hymowitz K. S. (2003, Spring). The return of character education. Public Interest, 151, 104–109.
3. Lickona T. (1993, November). The return of character education. Educational Leadership, 51(3), 6–11.
4. Macleod D. (1983). Building character in the American boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and their forerunners, 1870-1920. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press.
5. Reese W. J. (2007). History, education, and the schools. New York : Palgrave Macmillan.
6. Stock-Morton P. (1988). Moral education for a secular society: The development of Morale Laique in nineteenth century France. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
7. The Boy Scouts of America. (2008). Boy Scouts of America: National Council. Retrieved April 12, 2008. [Electronic source]. – Mode of access: http://www.scouting.org
8. Webber J. A. (2003). Failure to hold: The politics of school violence. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
9. William Holmes McGuffey and his readers. (1993, January). [Brochure]. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.10. Wilson H. E. (1938). Education for citizenship: Report of the Regents’ Inquiry. York, PA: Maple Press.
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13-11-2014
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Олішкевич, С. (2014). Early Character Education Programs in American Schools and their peculiarities. Pedagogy of Higher and Secondary Education, 42, 255–261. https://doi.org/10.31812/educdim.v42i0.2837
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