Moral Education

Current projects

I had a Spencer Foundation Grant during 2008 to write on “The Science of Virtue: Ethical Expertise for Morally-Engaged Citizenship.”

I am writing a book on the Integrative Ethical Education model. These are the five aspects or steps of the model:

(1) Establish a caring relationship with the learner.

(2) Establish a social climate supportive of ethical character.

(3) Teach the ethical skills (sensitivity, judgment, focus, action) using a novice-to-expert pedagogy.

(4) Foster student self-authorship and self-regulation.

(5) “Restore the village” of community support by forming asset-building communities and coordinated developmental systems.

You can read more about it in Narvaez (2006; 2007; 2008)--see below.

Published Manuscripts

Narvaez, D., Holter, A., Vaydich, J. (in press). Moral development. In A.S. Davis (Ed.), Handbook of Pediatric Neuropsychology. Springer.

Narvaez, D. (in press). Educación ética integrativa: los componentes del conocimiento experto, la comunidad y las virtudes [Integrative Ethical Education: The components of expert knowledge, community and virtue]. In B. Garcia (Ed.),  Memorias Coloquio Educación Ciudadana.

Holter, A., & Narvaez, D. (in press). Moral education. In E. Anderman & L. Anderman, (Eds.) Psychology of Classroom Learning: An Encyclopedia. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale.

Holter, A., & Narvaez, D. (in press). Moral development and education. In D. Carr, R. Crosnoe, M.E. Hughes, & A. Pienta (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. New York: MacMillan.

Narvaez, D. (in press). Guiding the brain and mind for high moral intelligence. In B. Latzko & T. Malti (Eds.). Children’s Moral Emotions and Moral Cognition: Developmental and Educational Perspectives, New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.

Narvaez, D. (in press). Building a sustaining classroom climate for purposeful ethical citizenship. In T. Lovat and R. Toomey (Eds.), Handbook of Values Education and Student Wellbeing. Springer

Narvaez, D. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 4: Ethical Action. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press.

Narvaez, D. & Bock, T. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 2: Ethical Judgment. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press.

Narvaez, D., & Endicott, L. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 1: Ethical Sensitivity. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press.

Narvaez, D. & Lies, J. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 3: Ethical Motivation. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press.

Narvaez, D., Kmehlkov, V., Vaydich, J., & Turner, J. (in press, 2008). Measuring teacher moral self efficacy. Journal of Research in Character Education, 6(2)..

Power, F. C., Nuzzi, R. J., Narvaez, D., Lapsley, D. K., & Hunt, T. C. (Eds.). (2008). Moral education: A handbook (Vols. 1-2). Westport, CT: Praeger

Nucci, L. P., & Narvaez, D. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of Moral and Character Education. New York: Routledge.

Narvaez, D. (2007). How cognitive and neurobiological sciences inform values education for creatures like us. In D. Aspin & J. Chapman (Eds.), Values Education and Lifelong Learning: Philosophy, Policy, Practices (pp. 127-159). Springer Press International.

Narvaez, D. & Lapsley, D. K. (2008). Teaching moral character: Two alternatives for teacher educators. Teacher Educator, 43(2), 156-172.

Narvaez, D. (2008). Human flourishing and moral development: cognitive science and neurobiological perspectives on virtue development. In L. Nucci & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Handbook of Moral and Character Education (pp. 310-327). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Nucci, L., & Narvaez, D. (2008). Overview. In L. Nucci & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Handbook of Moral and Character Education (pp. 1-7). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Lapsley, D. K. & Narvaez, D. (2006). Character Education. In Vol. 4 (A. Renninger & I. Siegel, volume eds.), Handbook of Child Psychology (W. Damon & R. Lerner, Series Eds.) (pp. 248-296). New York: Wiley.

Narvaez, D. (2006). Integrative Ethical Education. In M. Killen & J. Smetana (Eds.), Handbook of Moral Development (pp. 703-733). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ziemba, C., Yep, G., Westerink, D.. Power, A., & Narvaez, D. (2005). Character in Community: A homeroom curriculum. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame Center for Ethical Education.

Narvaez, D. (2004). Educación y desarollo moral [Moral education and development]. Republicana, 2, 39-50.

Anderson, C., Narvaez, D., Bock, T., Endicott, L., & Lies, J. (2004). Minnesota Community Voices and Character Education: Final Report and Evaluation. Roseville, MN: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.

Narvaez, D., Bock, T., Endicott, L., & Lies, J. (2004). Minnesota’s Community Voices and Character Education Project. Journal of Research in Character Education, 2, 89-112.

Narvaez, D., Herbst, R., Hagele, S. & Gomberg, A. (2003). Nurturing peaceful character. Journal of Research in Education, 13, 41-50.

Narvaez, D., Bock, T., & Endicott, L. (2003). Who should I become? Citizenship, Goodness, Human Flourishing, and Ethical Expertise. In W. Veugelers & F. K. Oser (Eds.), Teaching in Moral and Democratic Education (pp. 43-63). Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang Publishers.

Narvaez, D. (July/August 2002). The expertise of moral character. Education Matters, VIII (6), 1, 6.

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Narvaez, D. with Endicott, L., Bock, T., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Nurturing character in the middle school classroom: Ethical Action. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.

Narvaez, D. & Bock, T., with Endicott, L., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Nurturing character in the middle school classroom: Ethical Judgment. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.

Narvaez, D., & Endicott, L., with Bock, T., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Nurturing character in the middle school classroom: Ethical Sensitivity. St. Paul: MN Department of Children, Families & Learning.

Narvaez, D. & Lies, J. with Endicott, L., Bock, T., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Nurturing character in the middle school classroom: Ethical Motivation. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.

Bebeau, M., Rest, J. R. & Narvaez, D. (1999). Beyond the promise: A framework for research in moral education. Educational Researcher, 28 (4), 18-26.

Narvaez, Mitchell, C., Endicott, L. & Bock, T. (1999). Nurturing character in the middle school classroom: A guidebook for teachers. St. Paul: MN Department of Children, Families & Learning.

 

Sample Recent Presentations

Vaydich, J., Kmelkhov, V., & Narvaez, D. (July 2006). Do Academic Goals lead to Prosocial Behavior? Association for Moral Education annual meeting, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Narvaez, D. (April, 2007). Cultivating Good Character: An Integrative Approach. American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Vaydich, J., Khmelkov, V., & Narvaez, D. (April, 2007). Comparing Middle School Learning Motivations with Ethical Attitudes and Behaviors. American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Narvaez, D. (July 23-24, 2002). Skills-based Moral Education Workshop. Seminar on Moral Education: Trends and Directions. University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Narvaez, D. (June 19, 2002). The expertise of moral character. Whitehouse conference on Character and Community. Washington DC.

Narvaez, D., Endicott, L., Bock, T. (October, 2001). Constructing Ethical Expertise: A New Approach to Moral Education. Association for Moral Education Annual Meeting, Vancouver.

Narvaez, D. (2001, April). Who Should I Become? Using the Positive and the Negative in Character Education. American Educational Research Association, Seattle.

Narvaez, D. (May, 2001). Skills-based Moral Education Workshop. Moral Education in the Changing World National Conference, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Narvaez, D. (May, 2001). Approaches to Moral education. Moral Education in the Changing World National Conference, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Narvaez, D. (2001, accepted). Who Should I Become? Using the Positive and the Negative in Character Education. American Educational Research Association.

Narvaez, D. (April, 2001). Discussant for The moral behavior of children and adolescents at a democratic school (Jay Feldman). American Educational Research Association, Seattle.

Narvaez, D. (January, 2001) Applying an expertise paradigm to research in moral development and moral education. Nags Head Conference on Moral Development.

Narvaez, D., Bock, T., Endicott, L., & Mitchell, C. (July, 2000). Guidelines for teachers to incorporate character education into regular curriculum. Annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Glasgow, Scotland.

Narvaez, D., Bock, T., Endicott, L., & Mitchell, C. (July, 2000). Guidelines for teachers to incorporate character education into regular curriculum. Annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Glasgow, Scotland.

Narvaez, D. (June, 2000). Skills-based character education. International meeting on Citizenship and Value Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Narvaez, D. (December, 1999). Community Voices and Character Education Project. Annual meeting of the Minnesota Educational Effectiveness Partnership, Minneapolis.

Narvaez, D., Bock, T., Mitchell, C., & Endicott, L. (November, 1999). A model for moral education in public schools. Annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Minneapolis.

Narvaez, D., Endicott, L., Bock, T., Mitchell, C., & Kang, Y. (November, 1999). Children and Parents rate the moral content in stories. Annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Minneapolis.

Nucci, L., Narvaez, D., Berkowitz, M., & Battistich, V. (April 1999). Psychologizing character

education. Annual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Narvaez, D. (February, 1998). Helping youth with moral/civic/character development. Panel symposium. "Youth and 'U'", 4-H Youth Development conference, St. Cloud, MN.

Bebeau, M., Narvaez, D. & Rest, J. (November, 1995). A plan for moral education. Annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education. New York.

Rest, J. & Narvaez, D. (June, 1990). The college experience and moral development. Sixth International Conference on Korean Studies. Seoul, Korea.