Character Education That Excites Young Children!
Posted by admin in Character Education on July 4, 2011
Character education in many primary schools bores children. It affects them the way Freshman History affected my college friends and me. We vowed that no one could make history more boring than our professor made it. On special occasions, however, the professor changed gears. He employed a teaching method that turned insipid to thrilling in an instant. That same method can convert character education into a subject that excites young children. In fact, character education teachers can make young children beg for more by using regularly the method our college professor saved for special occasions.
Teachers can readily transform today’s blah into tomorrow’s bling.
Today’s Blah
Character education lesson plans often begin with our college history professor’s regular, blah teaching method.
The teacher talks. In this case, the teacher talks about character education. Teachers grab free character education lesson plans wherever they can find them, and follow instructions such as these found on the Internet:
· Talk about how respect sounds.
· Talk to students about how respect looks. Read the rest of this entry »
Character Education is Personal Growth For Kids
Posted by admin in Character Education on July 4, 2011
From Dale Carnegie, Napoleon Hill and Samuel Clement Stone to Zig Zigler, Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Deepak Chopra and Dr. Wayne Dyer, the message about how to live a life without excuses, doubts, fears and to its absolute fullest has been blasted loud and clear for all of us to hear for a very long time. The global hit movie The Secret, the onslaught of Personal Life Coaches, Wealth Building Warrior intensive weekend retreats and self-help books, videos, web-casts and live seminars generate around $15 billion per years in revenue, just in America alone.
What would our world look like today if we all knew this stuff when we were young?
If the $15 Billion American adults spend on person growth isn’t evidence enough that this message needs to be delivered to young people, perhaps a few statistics might make the message clearer.
o Clinical childhood depression diagnosis are at epidemic levels
o America has the highest high school drop out rate of any developed nation
o Most limiting beliefs and self-doubts develop prior to the age of six
o Pessimism is directly linked to clinical depression and anxiety and is highly heritable Read the rest of this entry »