TY - JOUR
T1 - The planning, implementation and evaluation of a character-based school culture project in Taiwan
AU - Lee, Chi Ming Angela
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is part of the technical report of a research project funded by the Taiwan National Science Council and subsidised by the Taiwan Ministry of Education. My gratitude goes to Dr. Monica J. Taylor, Professor Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro and two JME anonymous referees for their insightful comments and suggestions. I also wish to thank Mr. Erik Johnson, Professor Frank W. Stevenson and the Academic Paper Editing Clinic, National Taiwan Normal University for improving my written English. Finally I would like to express my appreciation to all the participants and people consulted in this study.
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Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - This study focused on the planning, implementation and evaluation of a character-based school culture (CBSC) project in Taiwan. The project integrated the principles of justice, caring and developmental discipline and was influenced by several well-known American models of character education programmes. The CBSC project was conducted in a Taiwanese elementary school from August 2005 to July 2007. The methods included symposia, workshops, meetings, interviews, surveys, observations and experimentation. The findings were: (1) the planning, implementation and evaluation of the CBSC project revealed numerous strengths and a few limitations; (2) the CBSC project demonstrated its coherence and feasibility in practice; and (3) the results of this case study showed the CBSC project's effectiveness in qualitative but not quantitative terms. Several recommendations are made to schools and researchers on how to use the CBSC project as a basis for instilling an effective, high-quality, character-based school culture in Taiwanese schools and also in schools elsewhere.
AB - This study focused on the planning, implementation and evaluation of a character-based school culture (CBSC) project in Taiwan. The project integrated the principles of justice, caring and developmental discipline and was influenced by several well-known American models of character education programmes. The CBSC project was conducted in a Taiwanese elementary school from August 2005 to July 2007. The methods included symposia, workshops, meetings, interviews, surveys, observations and experimentation. The findings were: (1) the planning, implementation and evaluation of the CBSC project revealed numerous strengths and a few limitations; (2) the CBSC project demonstrated its coherence and feasibility in practice; and (3) the results of this case study showed the CBSC project's effectiveness in qualitative but not quantitative terms. Several recommendations are made to schools and researchers on how to use the CBSC project as a basis for instilling an effective, high-quality, character-based school culture in Taiwanese schools and also in schools elsewhere.
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U2 - 10.1080/03057240902792686
DO - 10.1080/03057240902792686
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70449568750
VL - 38
SP - 165
EP - 184
JO - Journal of Moral Education
JF - Journal of Moral Education
SN - 0305-7240
IS - 2
ER -