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JULY, 1997
Character Education Page
http://www.neiu.edu/~ccunning/chared/
GRADE LEVEL: Professionals
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CONTENT:
This site presents an introduction to character education along with institutions, resources and
educators interested in character education.
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AESTHETICS:
The website is text only based with no images and uses variations in font size along with dividers to
separate and space the page.
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ORGANIZATION:
All the information in the website is on one page. The lists of information links can be accessed by scrolling
or using the provided jumps. A link back to the top of the main page is at the end of each section.
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REVIEW:
The site, assembled and partially written by Dr. Craig A. Cunningham from Northeastern Illinois University,
reports that "one of the major goals of schools has always been to affect the values, habits, and social behavior of students." The
historical synopsis of the movement of character education in America explains that while some private schools
still stress character education it has been slowly pushed to the side in public schools by a focus on academics. This website
provides resources and information so that character education can once again become a large part of the public education system in
America. Because many of the private schools and institutions mentioned in the introduction are based on religious beliefs there are both
religious and secular resource links. Resources include institutions and educators with an interest in character education as well as internet
and non-internet based literature and information. There is a wealth of balanced information here and would be interesting reading for both
educators currently aware and practicing character education as well as others new to the subject but interested in learning.
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