Living the Hero's Quest

Character Building through Action Research

By Humphrey, Mary Ann

Publishers Summary:
The author has developed a manual for the easy implementation of the character education program she created. As an added bonus, the book includes an explanation of the action research completed with the original implementation of this program. The manual includes the necessary lesson plans, eight original hero tales, annotated bibliographies of other applicable tales, assessment pieces, reproducible forms and instructions for implementing the program and the action research piece. It also includes a sampling of the results of her research to date, original student reflections, texts of interviews, and analysis. A foreword by well-known young adult fantasy author T. A. Barron, author of the popular Merlin series, is featured.

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ISBN
978-1-59158-252-6
Publisher
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Reviewed on May 1, 2006

This is a tremendous resource for teachers or media specialists who wish to inspire youngsters. Humphrey helps students recognize character traits that could cause someone to be called -hero - and to understand that different types of heroes exist. Eight retellings of class...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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