DESCRIPTORS

The Integrated Character Education model recognizes both the affective and cognitive factors involved in educating the whole child and ultimately the responsible adult. The basic question is how to transmit the values of a common heritage from one generation to the next, while supporting the personal development of youth. The goals of Integrated Character Education are to fulfill personal development goals such as physical and psychological health, positive self-concept, interpersonal skills, and responsibility and caring, and social goals such as upholding the social system, belief systems, and intellectual traditions and preserving the physical environment. The criteria that such a program must meet take the following form: (1) character develops through responsible action, so the curriculum must allow students to confront meaningful questions, and become involved in activities and actions to implement their solutions; (2) character develops through interaction so th