title: No Child Left Behind and the teaching of character education.
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.
authors.affiliation: Widener University School of Nursing, USA. ebrown@mail.widener.edu
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002410:Catholicism; D002605:Character; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004493:Education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035863:Moral Development; D017150:Public Sector; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States