Character Education and Diversity

Paper Summary:

This paper takes a look at the increasing debate regarding character education and diversity. The paper attempts to define the word 'character' by supplying definitions from various related sources. The paper then goes on to discuss how building character in the nation's next generation of leaders, is an obsession of politicians, who have used tax dollars to fund character education in the schools. The paper concludes by saying that character and diversity education in the school or workforce is an evolving art, not an exact science.

From the Paper:

"In one nursing home, when "complaints arising simply from miscommunication among races or situations that resulted because of cultural misunderstanding," became frequent, the human resources department decided to take proactive steps to integrate diversity training and character building exercises into the workplace environment. They deemed this especially critical, given that the healthcare field is becoming increasingly populated by younger African-American, Hispanic, and Cambodian persons, who are now working side-by-side older, Caucasion employees that have been employed in the field all of their lives. (Hoban, 2005, p.1) "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bier, Melinda C. & Marvin Berkowitz. (Oct 2005) "What Works in Charactereducation." Leadership for Student Activites. Journal accessible online 19 Nov 2006 at <http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3962/is_200510/ai_n15705012>
• Britzman, Mark. (Feb 2005) "Improving Our Moral Landscape via Character Education." Professional School Counseling. Journal accessible online 19 Nov 2006 at< http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KOC/is_3_8/ai_n9775248>
• Hoban, Sandra. (Nov 2005). "Making Way for Staff Diversity. Nursing Homes. Journal accessible online 19 Nov 2006 at<http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3830/is_11_54/ai_n15969963>
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