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Character education: A Caterpillar Process

Continuing his new series of articles on character education, expert Matt Bawden discusses a method by which teachers might develop effective character-based resources for their subjects

“Pop! Out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.” The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle

In my first article in this new series (Introducing virtue, SecEd 428, November 5, 2015), I explained a little about the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and how we see character, and character education.

This time, I want to look back on the first stages of our Department for Education-funded project Teaching Character Through and Within the Curriculum.

Back in July we ran an introductory course for 29 participating teachers from around England. The project will lead to the creation of a suite of lessons actively promoting character development through 14 curriculum areas.

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