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Character Education
Cultivating good character is an important part of a child's education at home, at school and in the community. Many UPF chapters offer lessons in classrooms or train teachers and administrators in character education or peace education.
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Character Education
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St. Petersburg Jubilee Conference Focuses on Character Education
- Saturday, November 7, 2009
St. Petersburg, Russia - A scientific and practical conference on the topic of “Moral and ethical character education in the 21st century: Efforts towards a new stage of development” took place in St. Petersburg on November 7.
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Character Education
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Tahiti, a Turbulent Paradise in Quest of Internal Peace
- Sunday, September 20, 2009
Papeete, Tahiti - Leaders of French Polynesia gathered at the town hall of Papeete for a two-day UPF character education seminar that addressed pressing social issues in the Pacific islands.
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Character Education
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Character Education Workshop in Ho Chi Minh City
- Saturday, August 29, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - UPF-Asia conducted the second Character Education Teachers Training Workshop co-organized by the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES) and Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Education August 28-29, 2009. Sixty school principals and elementary school teachers participated in a character education teacher-training program in preparation for the translation of the books and a one-year pilot program to be run by the VNIES.
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Character Education
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Trinidadian Students Learn about Goal-Setting
- Sunday, August 16, 2009
Trinidad and Tobago - UPF peer educators offered character education programs to children in the village of El Luengo and young athletes in Port of Spain, the capital. This was the second year that the Universal Peace Federation sent interns from the US to this Caribbean island.
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Character Education
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Summer Camps Serve Jamaican Children
- Friday, August 14, 2009
Jamaica - Two summer camps for children in depressed areas of Jamaica featured life skills training, sports, and character education. The first camp was at the Half Way Tree Primary School and the second at the Braeton Primary and Junior High School.
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Character Education
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Training More Micronesian Teachers in Character Education
- Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Pohnpei, Micronesia – Twenty one elementary school teachers participated in a character education teacher-training program in preparation for a new one-year pilot program scheduled for the Pacific island nation. The seminar was sponsored by Ministry of Education in partnership with UPF Micronesia.
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Character Education
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Dominican Republic Peace Event Calls for UN Renewal
- Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Distinguished educators spoke at the Peace Tour gathering at the University of Santo Domingo.
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Character Education
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Character Education Seminar in Addis Ababa
- Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - A one-day character education seminar took place at the Nefas Silk TVET College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on April 8 for students from different departments and specializations, based on their high performance and grades in the Civic and Ethical Education course.
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Character Education
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Programs in Ecuador Promote Character Education
- Sunday, January 25, 2009
Quito, Ecuador - In January, UPF-Ecuador organized a festival at the City Hall, character education programs, and service projects.
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Character Education
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Book Review: "Social Intelligence," by Daniel Goleman
- Saturday, January 17, 2009
Modern brain research supports the thesis that humans are social beings, hard-wired to live and work together, and that those who possess, develop and employ the skills needed to bond with others are those who will prosper in health, wealth, happiness, and effectiveness.
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Character Education
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s Words Inspire Youth in Washington, DC
- Saturday, January 17, 2009
Washington, DC, USA - Youth leaders from the Richard England Clubhouse of the Boys and Girls Club of Washington, D.C. explored what Martin Luther King, Jr. meant by “being judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skin” at a “train the trainer” session held on December 17.
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Character Education
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Character Education Can Help Promote Peace in Kenya
- Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The African Union has analyzed that one of the two major causes of poverty and disruption in Africa as a whole is civil unrest. The AU places even the sweeping scourge of HIV/AIDS second to civil war and war in the decimation of the continent’s resources and capacity.
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