Thoughtful, reflective discussions are essential to getting the most out of any character education experience. These articles describe some very effective facilitation methods.
 Click here to read the "Ethical Reasoning and the Art of Classroom Dialogue" by David Elkind and Freddy Sweet, Ph.D. as published in the Jan/Feb 1998 issue of NASSP's The High School Magazine.
Click here to read "The Socratic Approach to Character Education" by David Elkind and Freddy Sweet, Ph.D. This article was originally published in the May 1997 issue of ASCD's Educational Leadership magazine.
Click here to read "Reaching At-Risk Students Through Video" by David Elkind and Freddy Sweet, Ph.D. as published in the Spring 1998 issue of The Journal of the Texas Middle School Association.
Click here to read "How to Do Character Education" by David Elkind and Freddy Sweet, Ph.D. This article was originally published in the Sept/Oct 2004 issue of Today's School magazine under the title "You Are a Character Educator." It is not specifically about classroom discussion techniques, but it's a great article anyway.
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