No Child Left Behind and the teaching of character education.

No Child Left Behind and the teaching of character education. ABNF J. 2013;24(3):77-82 Authors: Brown E Abstract The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine the perceptions of administrators and educators and to ascertain if the No Child Left behind Legislation is having a negative impact on students in terms of character building and moral development. Middle school administrators and educators from public and Catholic schools completed a 17 item questionnaire and interviews to obtain the views of the legislation. The questionnaire was a 4 point likert scale with the opportunity for comments. A total of seventy-six teachers and administrators involved in the study. They were given the survey to complete and asked if they would consider a face to face interview. A total of 162 educators invited to participate 76 responded expressing the need for the legislation however they noted that the changing of the curriculum has posed a real challenge in terms developing character and moral development. PMID: 24027959 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: ABNF Journal : Official Journal of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education Inc - Category: Nursing Tags: ABNF J Source Type: research