Taller | Framing ideas to redesign (character) education

We explore powerful framing ideas that challenge us to rethink and redesign education by placing the holistic growth of each person at the heart of learning and intentionally shaping educational cultures that help every student become who they are meant to be.

Event Information

Event Type: Framing ideas to redesign (character) education

Duration: 1h

Place: International Conference 'New Way of Working'. Skola Libellus, Mokrohájska cesta 3, Bratislava, Slovakia, 84104.

Price: Free admission

Host:

Skola Libellus

«Schools are perfectly designed for the results we are getting. If we don’t like the results, we need to redesign schools.»

– Paul Houston

Former Executive Director of the American Association for School Administrators.

To support this, the second part of the workshop will introduce two programs that are designed to help develop the leadership needed for such a transformation: the PRIMED Institute and vLACE, both of which will soon be organized in South Africa. These programs aim to serve as catalysts for school redesign by building and nurturing local communities of practice among educational leaders, promoting the personal development of identity, integrity, and well-being in diverse cultural contexts.

For more information:

Redesigning schools for effective character education through leadership:
The case of PRIMED Institute and vLACE

Dabdoub, J. P., Salgado, D., Bernal, A., Berkowitz, M. W., & Salaverría, A. R. (2023). Redesigning schools for effective character education through leadership: The case of PRIMED Institute and vLACE. Journal of Moral Education, 53(3), 558–574. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2023.2254510

Character Education Formation Program as an Epiphany and Transformational Experience for Educational Principals

Salgado, D., Bernal, A., Dabdoub, J. P., Berkowitz, M. W., & Bier, M. C. (2025). Character Education Formation Program as an Epiphany and Transformational Experience for Educational Principals in México. Research in Human Development, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2025.2524298

Creating cultures for character development: A Theory of change supported by vLACE, a scalable blended program

Dabdoub, J. P., Salaverría, A. R., Álvarez-Kafati, M. C., & Berkowitz, M. W. (Under review). Creating cultures for character development: A Theory of change supported by vLACE, a scalable blended program. Journal of Moral Education