Volume 4, Number 1 (January - March 2009)

In this article, we examined the history behind character education because we believe that character education an integral component of the educational enterprise. Major contributors to the importance of character education in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries were discussed. Then we focused on the highlights of the last five decades of the 20th century. Finally, we examined recent developments in character education, with particular interest to character education programs. ACCESS FULL MANUSCRIPT HERE: http://cnx.org/content/m20338/latest/