This five-day Institute provides an intensive overview of character education. It is designed for teachers and other educators from schools that are committed to fostering character development in students, ranging from preschool to high school.
Ideally, this Institute should be attended by teams of educators that will be instrumental in shepherding the character education initiative in their facility. The Institute also is appropriate for individual educators who are interested in learning more about effective, quality character education.
The emphasis of the Institute will be on:
- defining quality character education
- understanding how character education works most effectively
- exploring methods and resources
Participants will be expected to:
- complete all assigned readings
- draft implementation plans
- for work settings
- attend all class sessions
- participate in all class activities
The Institute will feature:
- lectures
- group discussions
- peer sharing
- resource materials
- virtual tour of electronic resources
Marvin W. Berkowitz, PhD, is the inaugural Sanford N. McDonnell Endowed Professor of Character Education and codirector of the center for Character and Citizenship at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Before arriving at UMSL, he was the inaugural Ambassador Holland H. Coors Professor of Character Development at the United States Air Force Academy (1999), and professor of Psychology (1979-1999) and director of the Center for Ethics Studies at Marquette University. He earned his PhD in Life-span Developmental Psychology at Wayne State University in 1977, after which he served as a research associate at the Center for Moral Development at Harvard University. He has taught throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, serving as Visiting Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education in Berlin (1987-8), Visiting Scholar for the Gordon Cook Foundation in Scotland (1995), Ethicist in Residence at the University of South Florida (2002), and Visiting Scholar at Azusa Pacific University (2001-2).
His research interests are character education, moral development, adolescent development, and risk-taking. He is editor of Moral Education: Theory and Application (1985) and Peer Conflict and Psychological Growth (1985), and author of more than 100 book chapters, monographs, and journal articles. He serves as a board member of the Character Education Partnership and the Center for Social and Emotional Education, and as co-editor of the Journal for Research in Character Education. He was awarded the Character Education Partnership's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
You can Register Online, call Mary Stone at (314) 516-5974 or complete the Summer Institute in Character Education Registration Form
- $185 per person or $159 per person for three or more from the same school registering together
- Fee includes refreshments; lunch is on your own.
- Registration Deadline: May 18, 2012
- Enrollment is limited. To ensure your place in the program and to help us accommodate you, we ask that you register as early as possible. Please call (314) 516–5655 if you do not receive a confirmation letter before the conference.
Cancellation Policy:
The University reserves the right to cancel any program. In the event of cancellation, you will be notified immediately, and all program fees will be refunded or applied to a future program at your request. If you must cancel a registration, please call (314) 516–5655.
articipants have the option to attend the Institute for two or three graduate credit hours.
For two graduate credit hours:
- Do all assigned readings.
- Attend all five class sessions.
- Participate in all class activities.
- Prepare a paper reflecting on class readings and other materials describing critically how they can potentially have an impact on your place of employment.
For three graduate credit hours:- Do all assigned readings.
- Attend all five class sessions.
- Participate in all class activities.
- Attend the entire 15th Annual Character Education Conference on July 9-10, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront hotel in St. Louis, Mo. Conference registration is the responsibility of the participant.
- Write a paper critically analyzing Institute materials and presentations at the conference and how they apply to your place of employment.
Participants taking the Institute for credit will pay UMSL credit fees. Please call Continuing Education at (314) 516-5655 for fee information and credit course application.
Summer Institute in Character Education
