Moral Education and Prevention

Current Projects

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., & Endicott, L. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 1: Ethical Sensitivity. 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. & Lies, J. (2009). Nurturing character in the classroom, EthEx Series, Book 3: Ethical Motivation. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press.

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

Narvaez, D., Kmehlkov, V., Vaydich, J., & Turner, J. (2009). Measuring teacher moral self efficacy. Journal of Research in Character Education, 6(2), 3-16.

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

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.

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. (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.

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.

http://www.aaeteachers.org/newsletters/julyaugustnews.pdf

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. Free download

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. Free download

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. Free download

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. Free download

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

Other Papers in Press

Narvaez, D. (in press). The emotional foundations of 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, 2010). Building a sustaining classroom climate for purposeful ethical citizenship. In T. Lovat and R. Toomey (Eds.), International Research Handbook of Values Education and Student Wellbeing. Springer.

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. (2009). Moral education. In E. Anderman & L. Anderman, (Eds.) Psychology of Classroom Learning: An Encyclopedia. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale.

Holter, A., & Narvaez, D. (2009). Moral development and education. In D. Carr, R. Crosnoe, M.E. Hughes, & A. Pienta (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development (pp. 312-316). Farmington Hills, MI: Cengage Learning.

Whitehouse Presentation

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

Prevention

We have data collected measuring the relation between several scales (e.g., Ethical Identity Scale, Community Bonding Scale) with the comprehension of moral anti-drug messages (at different levels of complexity) and with moral judgment development.

Paper in preparation

Brooks, J., Bock, T., & Narvaez, D. (in final preparation). Moral motivation, judgment, and well-being and their relation to delinquency.