Moral & Social Development
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/morchr/morchr.html
This web page defines character and its influences, with a summary of character education in the U.S., general social trends and leading cultural indicators as well as a discussion of approaches to teaching values.
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/~ANDERSMD/KOHL/content.HTML
This tutorial on Kohlberg's theory includes a discussion of its roots in Piaget's ideas, examples describing actual classroom dilemmas, and the application of Kohlberg's ideas to real live classrooms.
Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence-Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence
http://rock.uwc.edu/dept/PSY/Resourc.htm#Social_and_Emotional_Development
This website includes a list of internet resources for the topics of social and emotional development.
Ages in Stages: An Exploration of the Life Cycle based on Erik Erikson's Eight Stages of Human Development
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1980/1/80.01.04.x.html
This website applies Erikson's eight stages of human development to a real life example.
Center for the Fourth and Fifth R's: Respect and Responsibility
http://www.cortland.edu/www/c4n5rs/CONTENTS.htm
The Center provides a comprehensive model for incorporating character education strategies at both classroom and school levels. The site also provides information on the Center's newsletter, a history of character education, principles of effective character education, and a survey for assessing the effectiveness of character education.
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
http://www.servicelearning.org/
This site provides information and instructional strategies regarding service-learning.
Indiana Department of Education's Service-Learning Site
http://doe.state.in.us/opd/srvlrn/
The site contains information and instructional strategies about service-learning.
International Partnership for Service-Learning
http://www.ipsl.org/
This website offers information about international service-learning opportunities as well as instructional strategies for teachers.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/m-dilemm.htm
This site contains a brief discussion of the origin of the moral dilemma and of differing views of the effectiveness of moral dilemmas as reasoning tools.
