Marvin Berkowitz

Dr. Marvin Berkowitz is the inaugural Sanford N. McDonnell Endowed Professor of Character Education, and Co-Director of the Center for Character and Citizenship at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

[00:01 – 01:57] Center for Character and Citizenship

• Introduction to the guest, Marvin Berkowitz
• Marvin’s background

[01:58 – 23:47] Center for Character and Citizenship

• The Center for Character and Citizenship
• Children's mental health and rights
• Building Character and Citizenship at a young age
• The importance of having an enlightened group of people to lead a country
• St. Louis as the hotbed for character education
• Connect with Dr. Marvin and the Center for Character and Citizenship
  • See Links below

[23:48 – 34:03] Fun Questions

• P.R.I.M.E.D.
  • Prioritization
  • Relationships
  • Intrinsic Motivation
  • Modeling
  • Empowerment
  • Development Perspective/Pedagogy
• Grab a copy of Dr. Marvin’s book
  • See links below
• Fun Questions with Dr. Marvin Berkowitz
• Connect and Learn more about Marvin
  • See Links Below

• Final Words

 

Tweetable Quotes:

“The only way to have a moral world is with moral people.” - Marvin Berkowitz

“Every educator is good at character education, there’s no off switch. The issue is how you’re going to impact a child’s character for the better” - Marvin Berkowitz

“Be the character you want to see in your kids.” - Marvin Berkowitz

“Make sure that character is an authentic priority in your school. Because everybody knows all the pressure we have to get good academic scores in schools. But if we let that swallow up or suppress the obligation to educate the whole child including their goodness, then we can’t do effective character education.” - Marvin Berkowitz

 

Resources Mentioned:

• Character and Citizenship

 

Keep up with Marvin, send him an email at berkowitzm@umsl.edu or visit https://characterandcitizenship.org/ 

You can grab a copy of his book: PRIMED for Character Education

 

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