<p>Includes bibliographical references and index.</p>

Introduction and overview / Larry P. Nucci and Darcia Narvaez -- Philosophical moorings / Thomas Wren -- Moral self-identity as the aim of education / Daniel K. Lapsley -- Moral education in the cognitive develpmental tradition: Lawrence Kohlberg's revolutionary ideas / John Snarey and Peter Samuelson -- Traditional approaches to character education in Britain and America / James Arthur -- Character education as the cultivation of virtue / David Carr -- School, community and moral education / Kenneth A. Strike -- Research and practice in moral and character education: loosely coupled phenomena / James S. Leming -- Caring and moral education / Nel Noddings -- Developmental discipline and moral education / Marily Watson -- Social interdependence, moral character and moral education / David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson -- The just community approach to moral education and the moral atmosphere of the school / F. Clark Power and Ann Higgins-D'Alessandro -- Social and emotional learning, moral education, and character education: a comparative analysis and a view toward convergence / Maurice J. Elias, Sarah J. Parker, V. Megan Kash, Roger P. Weissberg and Mary Utne O'Brien -- Peer relationships and social groups: implications for moral education / Stacey S. Horn, Christopher Daddis and Melanie Killen -- Social cognitive domain theory and moral education / Larry P. Nucci -- Human flourishing and moral development: cognitive and neurobiological perspectives of virtue development / Darcia Narvaez -- The child development project: creating caring school communities / Victor A. Battistich -- Constructivist approaches to moral education in early childhood / Carolyn Hildebrandt and Betty Zan -- Smart & good schools: a new paradigm for high school character education / Matthew Davidson, Thomas Lickona and Vladimir Khmelkov -- Fostering the moral and civic development of college students / Anne colby -- What works in character education: what is known and what needs to be known / Marvin W. Berkowitz, Victor A. Battistich and Melinda C. Bier -- Education for integrity: connection, compassion and character / Rachael Kessler with Catherine Fink -- Positive youth development in the United States: history, efficacy, and links to moral and character education / Richard F. Catalano, J. David Hawkins and John W. Toumbourou -- The moral and civic effects of learning to serve / Daniel Hart, M. Kyle Matsuba and Robert Atkins -- Sport and the development of character / David Light Shields and Brenda Light Bredemeier -- The community contribution to moral development and character / Jim Lies, Kendall Cotton Bronk and Jennifer Menon Mariano -- Media and prosocial behavior in children and adolescents / Marjorie J. Hogan and Victor C. Strasburger -- Guided by theory, grounded in evidence: a way forward for professional ethics education / Muriel J. Bebeau and Verna E. Monson -- Teacher education for moral and character education / Merle J. Schwartz -- Teaching ethically as a moral condition of professionalism / Elizabeth Campbell.