Cultivating Character in the University: Implications for Policy and Practice
Implications for Policy and Practice serves as a companion piece to the Framework for Flourishing. This publication considers how universities might actually work out a commitment to character education in practice.
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The use of Biographical Narratives in Exemplarist Moral Education
Published in The Journal of Moral Education, this research article defends an approach to biographical narratives inspired by Augustine. It addresses four concerns educators may have about the use of role-models and their biographies in moral formation.
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How can universities cultivate leaders of character?
Published in The International Journal of Ethics Education, this research article by Ed Brooks, Jonathan Brant, and Michael Lamb draws upon qualitative data collected over three years of the Oxford Global Leadership Initiative to address how modern universities might educate leaders of character in a pluralistic context.
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Cultivating virtue in postgraduates: An empirical study of the Oxford GLI
Published in The Journal of Moral Education, this research article by Jonathan Brant, Michael Lamb, Emily Burdett, and Ed Brooks presents an early-stage evaluation of one effort to cultivate virtue in postgraduate students, a theoretically derived and empirically measured character development programme at the University of Oxford.
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Seven Strategies for Character Development
This article seeks to offer guidance for educators who aspire to develop character education programs in their institutional contexts. It provides both a theoretical framework and practical examples from a case study of the Oxford Global Leadership Initiative.
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