Research

Nuestro trabajo se fundamenta en décadas de investigación rigurosa.

Research projects

Leveraging higher education residential centers for character development

Association for Moral Education

Character Education Leadership Program for Mexican Public Schools

Templeton World Foundation

Researching and promoting character education in Latin America

Templeton World Foundation

What works in Character Education

John Templeton Foundation

Research collaborations

Education, citizenship and character research group

University of Navarra

Center for character and citizenship

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Leadership, culture and character in education research group

UNIR

Academic publications

This is a selection of academic publications that support and inspire the design of our approach and services.

Bernal, A., González-Torres, M. C., & Naval, C. (2015). La Educación del carácter: Perspectivas internacionales. Participación Educativa, 4(6), 34–45.

Naval, C., Bernal, A., Sobrino, Á., Dabdoub, J. P., & Varela, A. (2018). Questions and Answers Regarding Character Education in Latin-American Countries (Mexico, Colombia and Argentina). An Exploratory Delphi Study. Edetania, 53, 23–44.

Berkowitz, M., Bier, M., & Dabdoub, J. P. (2024). PRIMED for character across the globe. In L. Nucci, T. Krettenauer, & W. Thompson (Eds.), Handbook of Moral and Character Education (pp. 234–245). Routledge.

Berkowitz, M., & Bier, M. (2024). The PRIMED approach to character education. In M.D. Matthews & R.M. Lerner (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Character Development, Volume I: Conceptualizing and Defining Character (pp. 104-120)

Berkowitz, M. W., Battistich, V. A., & Bier, M. C. (2021). What Works in Character Education: What Is Known and What Needs to Be Known. In L. P. Nucci & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Handbook of Moral and Character Education (pp. 430–447). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203931431-30

Berkowitz, M., Bier, M., & McCauley, B. (2017). Towards a Science of Character Education. Frameworks for Identifying and Implementing Effective Practices. Journal of Character Education, 13(1), 33–51.

Berkowitz, M., & Bier, M. (2007). What works in character education. Journal of Research in Character Education, 5(1), 29–48.

Dabdoub, J. P. (2021). Brief history of values clarification: Origin, development, downfall, and reflections. Revista Española de Pedagogía, 79(279), 289–304. https://doi.org/10.22550/REP79-2-2021-06

Dabdoub, J. P. (2020). El enfoque del desarrollo cognitivo de la educación moral de Kohlberg: Retos y resultados. In C. Naval, A. Bernal, G. Jover, J. L. Fuentes, & A. R. Cárdenas (Eds.), Una acción educativa pensada. Reflexiones desde la filosofía de la educación (pp. 197–205). Dykinson.

Dabdoub, J. P., & Berkowitz, M. W. (2024). Reasoning and disposition at the core of moral development: Where Kohlberg and Aristotle meet. In D. Fasko & F. Fair (Eds.), Critical thinking in moral development: Philosophy, psychology, education, and assessment. Brill.

Dabdoub, J. P., Berkowitz, M. W., Keces, N., & Salaverría, A. R. (2024). Justice: Where Aristotle and Kohlberg meet. In M. D. Matthews & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Character Development: Volume 1. Conceptualizing and Defining Character (pp. 421–438). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003251248-24

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. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2023.2254510

Dabdoub, J. P., Salaverría, A. R., & Berkowitz, M. W. (2023). Identifying practices to promote character development in university residential settings: The case of Colegios Mayores. Revista Española de Pedagogía, 81(284), 171–189. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.22550/REP81-1-2023-09

Dabdoub, J. P., Salaverría, A. R., Berkowitz, M. W., & Naval, C. (2022). Leveraging Colegios Mayores for Character Development. The 10th Annual Jubilee Center for Character and Virtues Conference. jubileecentre.ac.uk/userfiles/jubileecentre/pdf/Dabdoub-pdf.pdf

Dabdoub, J. P., Naval, C., & Bernal, A. (2020). El declive de la educación del carácter en Estados Unidos durante el siglo XX. Pedagogia et Vita, 78(2), 92–109.