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          Psychology professor addresses moral education in “Handbook of Child Psychology”

          
            
              
                
                Published: March 28, 2006
              

              
                Author: Erik Runyon
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

Darcia Narvaez, associate professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, has co-authored a chapter on character development in children in theHandbook of Child Psychology,now in its sixth edition. This is the first time in the books 60-year history that character development or moral education has been included.

The definitive reference and classic resource in child development, theHandbook of Child Psychologyspans the entire field and is updated and revised to reflect new developments.

In the chapter on character education, Narvaez and co-author Dan Lapsley, chair of the educational psychology department at Ball State University, address questions of habits, traits, virtues and reasoning in children.

A Notre Dame faculty member since 2000, Narvaez researches issues of moral development and education and serves as director of Notre Dames Center for Ethical Education.She currently is directing theGood Media Good Kidsproject – a rating system developed to measure ethical content in childrens books and films.

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