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5IG EXECUTIVE OFFICER5

Dr. Wic! Vcugc!crs
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Dr. Dcbnrah 5chuss!cr
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Dr. Dan Faskn
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Dr. Darcia Narvacz
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Dr. E!!y Vnzzn!a
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Dr. 5hawn Lcnnic
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Dr. Matt Bundick
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TABLE OF CONTENT5

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MDI SIG Chair's CoIumn

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2014 MDI SIG Irogram Chair's CoIumn 3
MDI SIG Avards Chairs CoIumn 4
Inlroducing MDI SIG's 2015 Irogram Chair 4

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SIG Iresenlalions and Ivenls 5
IARLI-AIRA MoraI Iducalion Symosium 6

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40lh AnnuaI AMI Conference 7
MoraI-Democralic Comelence and ConfIicl
ResoIulion Symosium

7
The Asia-Iacific Nelvork for MoraI
Iducalion Conference
7
Virlue and Ils DeveIomenl: An
InlerdisciIinary Symosium
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Ialhvays lo ChiId IIourishing Conference 8

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A Special Interest Group affiliated with the
American Educational Research Association

SPRING 2014 Newsletter


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Our Sring NevsIeller has ils focus on lhe
AIRA conference. In lhe AIRA 2014
Conference MDI SIG Irogram seclion of
lhe NevsIeller you find lhe aclivilies of
lhe SIG in lhe conference.

I lhink ve have an exceIIenl rogramme
vilh a diversily of seakers and loics.
Our rogramme chair Dan Iasko and his
revievers have done a greal |ob. I hoe
many of you can allend lhe differenl
sessions and arliciale in discussions in
and afler lhe session.

Our business meeling is as aIvays on lhe
second evening, vhich is Iriday, AriI 4,
6.15-7.45m. Of course ve slarl vilh lhe
formaI business issues of lhe SIG and al
6.45 ve slarl vilh lhe inviled seaker Irilz
Oser, Dan Iasko viII inlroduce him and
chair lhe discussion.

As chair I'm very hay vilh lhe SIG-
rogramme lhis year. Il shovs ve are a
vivid research communily. Whal I in
arlicuIar Iike is lhe conlribulion from
differenl lheorelicaI erseclives, lhe
arlicialion of bolh young and
exerienced researchers, and
resenlalions from differenl arls of lhe
vorId. I hoe ve can go on vilh
demonslraling lhal moraI issues are
reIevanl for educalion and lhal il can be
inquired in many differenl vays and vilh
differenl concels. A crilicaI and engaged
diaIogue belveen lhese melhods,
raclices and concels is lhe moraI
foundalion of our SIG.


We gol aIready lhe resuIls of lhe eIeclion
for our nev rogramme-chair, for AIRA
2015. Mallhev Sanger vas lhe vinner of
lhe ballIe of lhe Mallhevs. Thanks
Mallhev Hayden for being candidale. I
hoe ve can gel you as rogramme-chair
in lhe fulure. We inlroduce Mallhev
Sanger in lhe Inlroducing MDI SIG's
2015 Irogram Chair seclion lhis
NevsIeller, and you can meel him al lhe
SIG-business meeling. WeIcome Mallhev.

I hoe you aII have an insiring AIRA,
and see you in IhiIadeIhia.

Wic! Vcugc!crs
MDE 5IG Chair





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HeIIo everyone and veIcome lo
IhiIadeIhia. IhiIadeIhia is a hisloric
and vibranl cily, vhich incIudes lhe
Liberly eII, and olher hisloric siles, as
veII as lhe IhiIadeIhia Museum of Arl
vilh ils eic Rocky slalue.

We have a vonderfuI rogram for lhe
conference. There vere many oulslanding
submissions, and I vish ve couId have
acceled many more. UnforlunaleIy, ve
can onIy incIude lhe number of
sessions/aers lhal AIRA aIIocales lo us.
Hovever, I vouId Iike lo reorl lhal ve
vere aIIocaled 2 more sessions lhan ve
had in 2013. This occurred because more
quaIily roosaIs vere submilled by SIG
members and non-members. As vas
menlioned al Iasl year's business meeling,
our aIIocalion of sessions/aers deends
on lhe number of submissions ve receive.
I lhank aII of you for your efforls in lhis
endeavor lo increase lhe visibiIily of our
SIG. Lel's nov gel more quaIily
submissions for lhe 2015 conference in
order lo increase our aIIocalion of
sessions/aers again.

Our rogram is incIuded in lhe AIRA
2014 Conference MDI SIG Irogram
seclion of lhis nevsIeller, so I viII lhus
nol go over il here. Hovever, I vouId Iike
lo menlion lhal our MDE 5IG Busincss
Mccting viII be on Friday, Apri! 4 Irnm
6:15 tn 7:45 pm at thc Marrintt holeI. Irilz
Oser, vho is a highIy resecled,
inlernalionaI schoIar in lhe fieId of moraI
deveIomenl and educalion is our inviled
seaker. So, Iease come and en|oy some
vonderfuI aelizers, a cash bar, and
meeling vilh your coIIeagues from near

and far. Oh, and ve viII be conducling
some needed business al lhe meeling, loo.
We Iook forvard lo a vonderfuI evening.
As has been lhe case al revious meelings,
ve viII go for suer as a grou lo a IocaI
reslauranl (lo be delermined) foIIoving
lhe meeling, so Iease |oin us.

Again, I vouId Iike lo lhank aII of you
vho submilled roosaIs, lhe members of
lhe reviever aneI vho dedicaled much
of lheir lime lo ensure lhe success of lhis
year's rogram, and olhers vho
voIunleered lo be discussanls, and chairs.
Your dedicalion lo lhe SIG aided me in
deveIoing, vhal I beIieve viII be, an
inleIIecluaIIy slimuIaling rogram.

My lerm as Irogram Chair ends al lhis
year's conference, and I veIcome
Mallhev Sanger as lhe incoming Chair for
2014-2015. I Iook forvard lo seeing you al
lhe conference, and have a safe lri lo
IhiIadeIhia.

Dan Faskn
Chair, 2014 MDE 5IG Prngram


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MDE SIG AWARDS CHAIRS
COLUMN

Dear Iriends,

IIease remember lo nominale books for
book avards. The books need lo be
ubIished in 2012 or afler and deaI vilh
moraI deveIomenl and/or moraI
educalion. Our vinner for 2014 has been
seIecled and lhe avard (avard<lvo co-
vinners) viII be resenled al lhe business
meeling.

AIso, Iease remember lo suggesl lo your
graduale sludenls lo enler lhemseIves in
lhe graduale sludenl romise avard. This
is a cash avard given afler a vinning
conference resenlalion lo enabIe lhe
vinner lo allend lhe foIIoving year's
conference.

Nominalions for lhe book avard and
enlries for lhe graduale sludenl romise
avard may be senl lo dnarvaez+nd.edu.

Darcia Narvacz
MDE 5IG Awards Cnmmittcc Chair

INTRODUCING THE MDE SIG
2015 PROGRAM CHAIR

CongraluIalions lo Mallhev Sanger for
being eIecled lhe 2015 MDI SIG Irogram
Chair. Mall is currenlIy a Irofessor of
IducalionaI Ioundalions in lhe CoIIege of
Iducalion al Idaho Slale Universily, and
has been a member of lhe MDI SIG for
aboul a decade. He received his IhD in
IducalionaI Sludies, aIong vilh an MA in
IhiIosohy, from lhe Universily of
Michigan al Ann Arbor. His lheorelicaI
and emiricaI research focuses on hov lo
reare leachers for lhe moraI vork of
leaching in rograms of leacher educalion,
focusing on underslanding lhe beIiefs
leacher candidales hoId aboul lhe moraI
vork of leaching, and deveIoing vays lo
engage lhose beIiefs in lhe conlexl of
leacher rearalion. Mall has co-ediled
(vilh Rich Osgulhore) lhe recenl book
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and has ubIished numerous arlicIes in
eer-revieved ubIicalions such as
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INVITATION OF OUR WEB EDITOR

We encourage aII SIG members lo send announcemenls and/or vorks you are invoIved
in lo osl on lhe MDI SIG Iog vebsile. The urose of lhis onIine sace is lo share our
vork vilh olhers in lhe SIG as veII as lhose foIIoving lhe SIG.

These ilems can incIude bul are nol Iimiled lo:
Currenl research ro|ecl udales
ooks or olher ubIicalions
Seaking engagemenls
Fnr mnrc updatcs
Visit thc MDE 5IG BLOG at: hll://mdesig.vordress.com
Fn!!nw MDE 5IG nn Twittcr: +MoraIIDSIG
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Thursday, Apri! 3, 2014

Cn!!cgc 5tudcnt Mnra! Excmp!ars: What
Thcy Lnnk Likc and Why Wc Nccd
Thcm S8940.% -.44$9NT
12:00 lo 1:30m
Convenlion Cenler, 200 LeveI, HaII I
In Ivenl: Iosler Session 1

Taiwan Graduatc 5tudcnts' Gcncra!
Undcrstanding and Misundcrstanding nI
Rcspnnsib!c Cnnduct nI Rcscarch S8940.%
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12:00 lo 1:30m
Convenlion Cenler, 200 LeveI, HaII I
In Ivenl: Iosler Session 1

Intcgrating Mnra! and 5ncia!
Dcvc!npmcnt Within Midd!c 5chnn!
5ncia! 5tudics: A 5ncia! Cngnitivc
Dnmain Apprnach S-1;M94$5;T
2:15 lo 3:45m
Convenlion Cenler, 100 LeveI, 108

Friday, Apri! 4, 2014

Thc Mnra! Vacuum in Tcachcr
Educatinn: Intcrnatinna! Pcrspcctivcs nn
Rcscarch, Pn!icy, and Practicc
S-1;M94$5;T
10:35am lo 12:05m
Convenlion Cenler, 100 LeveI, 109

Mnra! Dcvc!npmcnt and Educatinn 5IG
Busincss Mccting
6:15 lo 7:45m
Marrioll, Iourlh LeveI, IrankIin 2



5aturday, Apri! 5, 2014

Mnra!ity, Mnra! Discngagcmcnt,
Idcntity, and Mcaning nI Ynuth
SL95N>0#@C. -.44$9NT
8:15 lo 9:45am
Convenlion Cenler, 400 LeveI, Terrace III
In Ivenl: RoundlabIe Session 12

Mnra! Dcvc!npmcnt and Educatinn:
Gcndcr, Cu!turc, Mnra! Mntivatinn, and
Judgmcnt S8#M.% -.44$9NT
2:45 lo 4:15m
Marrioll, Iourlh LeveI, 411

5unday, Apri! 6, 2014

Intcrnatinna! Pcrspcctivcs nn Mnra!
Dcvc!npmcnt and Educatinn SL95N>0#@C.
-.44$9NT
8:15 lo 9:45am
Convenlion Cenler, 400 LeveI, Terrace III
In Ivenl: RoundlabIe Session 16

Mnra! Educatinn, Bchavinr, and
Rcasnning: Acadcmic Miscnnduct and
Victimizatinn SL95N>0#@C. -.44$9NT
2:15 lo 3:45m
Convenlion Cenler, 400 LeveI, Terrace IV
In Ivenl: RoundlabIe Session 21

Thc Past, Prcscnt, and Futurc nI
Charactcr Educatinn S-1;M94$5;T
2:15 lo 3:45m
Marrioll, Iourlh LeveI, 411


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EARLI-AERA Moral Education
Symposium

The Iuroean Associalion of Research on
Learning and Inslruclion (IARLI) each
year has an inviled symosium al AIRA.
The 27 SIGs of IARLI can aIy for lhis
sIol. This year lhe roosaI of lhe MoraI
and Democralic Iducalion SIG has been
seIecled. The session is Iriday, Ar. 4,
2:15-3:45m, Convenlion Cenler, 100
LeveI, 103C.

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CuIlure and diversily have aIvays been a
cenlraI focus in research on moraI
deveIomenl and moraI educalion. The
cuIlures eoIe Iive in infIuence lheir
moraI deveIomenl. Weslern socielies are
becoming increasing muIlicuIluraI,
lherefore lhe queslion of lhe reIalionshi
of cuIlure diversily and moraI
deveIomenl becomes a very imorlanl
loic in conlemorary and fulure research
on moraI deveIomenl and moraI
educalion. Recenl vork on moraI
educalion shovs lhal beside knovIedge
and skiIIs, differenl asecls are imorlanl
in deveIoing moraI vaIues Iike moraI
sensilivily, moraI courage, and lhe vision
eoIe have aboul lheir Iife and lheir
reIalionshi lo olhers. The four aers
focus on lhe reIalionshi of cuIluraI
diversily, cuIluraI sensilivily, sociaI and
oIilicaI conlexls and leaching and
Iearning in lhe moraI domain.

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5ncia! Aspccts in Chi!drcn's Bc!icIs
abnut Hnw tn Rcsn!vc Cnntradictinns

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5cnsitivity nI Tcachcrs

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40
TH
ANNUAL A55OCIATION FOR
MORAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Pasadcna, Ca!iInrnia

Irearalions are veII undervay for lhe
40lh AnnuaI AMI Conference lo be heId
Nov. 6-8 in Iasadena, CaIifornia. The
lheme of lhe conference is: 3"%$I$N:
FN>$I$>5#C423"%$I$N: !9;;5N$0$.4P D9%#C
A>5/#0$9N #N> W5;#N XC95%$4"$N:.

Nov human fIourishing can haen in
any kind of vealher, bul consider lhe
foIIoving: Il is currenlIy 80 I (27 C) in
Iasadena and 72 I (23 C) is lhe average
lemeralure in November. We invile you
lo lry an exerimenl and see if lhriving is
ossibIe in lhe Soulhern CaIifornia
sunshine! The holeI viII have Iols of
Iaces lo sil oulside and lesl lhis
hyolhesis.

We have an exciling sIale of seakers.
Nancy Snov from Marquelle Universily
viII give lhe KohIberg MemoriaI Leclure.
iII Damon from Slanford viII give an
oening Ienary address. Sandra Graham
and CaroIa Suarez-Orozco from lhe
Graduale SchooI of Iducalion and
InformalionaI Sludies al UCLA viII
address us in a Ienary on human
fIourishing in diverse conlexls. We hoe
you viII |oin us!

The vebsile vvv.ame2014.org is oen
for roosaI submissions and has more
informalion aboul lhe conference. See
you in November!

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MORAL-DEMOCRATIC
COMPETENCE AND CONFLICT
RE5OLUTION 5YMPO5IUM
Knnstanz, Gcrmany

The 8lh InlernalionaI Symosium on
MoraI Comelence and ConfIicl
ResoIulion viII lake Iace in Konslanz,
Germany on }uIy 31-Augusl 1, 2014. CaII
for aers' deadIine is March 15, 2014.

Ior informalion and regislralion on lhe
symosium and lhe lhree-day KMDD-
vorksho-seminar before il, Iease visil
hll://vvv.uni-konslanz.de/ag-moraI

Conlacl: georg.Iind+uni.konslanz.de
|Nole: Georg viII be avaiIabIe al lhe
AIRA meeling in IhiIadeIhia.j

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THE A5IA-PACIFIC NETWORK FOR
MORAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE
5hanghai, China

The Asia-Iacific Nelvork for MoraI
Iducalion viII be hoIding ils ninlh
AnnuaI Conference al Iudan Universily,
Shanghai, China from Iriday, Oclober 24
lo Sunday Oclober 26, 2014 vilh lheme of
D#O$N: D9%#C A>5/#0$9N ?9%OP 3%#>$0$9N #N>
FNN9I#0$9N $N 0". <4$#+8#/$K$/.

Iorms of resenlalion and roosaI
submission guideIines can be found on
lhe conference vebsile: anme.org/2014.
IroosaIs may be submilled via lhe
vebsile or emaiI (roosaIs+anme.org)
no Ialer lhan AriI 15, 2014.

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PATHWAY5 TO CHILD
FLOURI5HING CONFERENCE
Nntrc Damc, IN

Selember 27-30, 2014
Universily of Nolre Dame
Conference Cenler

Nnurishing Fami!ics, F!nurishing
Chi!drcn (Salurday, Selember 27)

A day focused on raclice and largeled al
famiIies and raclilioners.

Cnntcxts Inr Dcvc!npmcnt and Chi!d
F!nurishing (Selember 28-30)

A symosium largeled al lhose inleresled
in research and lheory. IarIy Iife
exerience has Iong lerm effecls on
veIIbeing bul conlexls for chiIdrearing
have shifled avay from lhe evoIved
deveIomenlaI niche lhal romole chiId
fIourishing. An inlerdisciIinary sel of
seakers address lhese conlexls and hov
lo imrove chiId veIIbeing.

Conference vebsile:
hll://ccf.nd.edu/symosium/

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VIRTUE AND IT5 DEVELOPMENT: AN
INTERDI5CIPLINARY 5YMPO5IUM
Nntrc Damc, IN

May 19-22, 2014
Universily of Nolre Dame

Seakers al lhis inlerdisciIinary
symosium discuss lhe nalure of virlue
and ils deveIomenl, from ancienl nolions
lo conlemorary science, evoIulionary
and reIigious vievs, individuaI and
communily aroaches in a variely of
famiIy, schooIing and vork sellings. We
viII aIso discuss lhe ossibiIily of slarling
an inlerdisciIinary sociely on lhe
deveIomenl of virlue.

Symosium vebsile:
hll://vvv3.nd.edu/-dnarvaez/Virlue_D
eveIomenl_Symosium.hlm

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Dr. Wic! Vcugc!crs
B=3;%F GHIGJGHIK

Universily of Amslerdam/
Universily of Humanislic Sludies
v.m.m.h.veugeIers+uva.nI



Dr. 5hawn Lcnnic
L"$ 98;'(%F GHIIJGHIK
OISI, Universily of Toronlo
Shavn.Iennie+uloronlo.ca

Dr. Dcbnrah 5chuss!cr
-":%"'3%+M?%"3<,%"%F GHINJGHIO

ViIIanova Universily
deborah.schussIer+viIIanova.edu

Dr. Dan Faskn
P%(@%3# B=3;%F GHIK

ovIing Green Slale Universily
dfasko+bgsu.edu



Dr. Darcia Narvacz
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Universily of Nolre Dame
dnarvaez+nd.edu

Dr. Matt Bundick
R"*<4"''"% 98;'(%F GHINJGHIO

Duquesne Universily
bundickm+duq.edu