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SUMMARY:Building Character on Purpose: Discovering Our Strengths in Character Education
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Description \nThis workshop aims to help educators\, whether faculty or staff\, see connections between their sense of professional purpose and the work of character education. The workshop will provide reflective and conversational space for attendees to express their values and aspirations as educators. It will also provide a speedy introduction to the learning goals and teaching methods of character methods\, a character education 101 crash course. From there\, attendees will chart next steps in deepening their individual practice as character educators and in imagining Mercer’s future character education endeavors. \nWorkshop Learning Objectives: \nThis workshop aims to help attendees \n1. Reconnect with their sense of purpose as educators and get more familiar with their colleagues’ sense of purpose as educators \n2. Understand the learning goals and teaching methods of character education \n3. Recognize which of their learning goals and teaching methods already promote students’ character development \n4. Identify next steps to deepen their practice in character education \n5. Identify resources and future programs Mercer University could implement to support faculty and staff as character educators
URL:https://events.mercer.edu/event/building-character-on-purpose-discovering-our-strengths-in-character-education/
LOCATION:Mercer Innovation Center\, 1501 Mercer University Dr\, Macon\, GA\, 31207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty & Staff
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