These are ideas and materials that were presented at the 2012 workshops at the Character Education Partnership Conference (Washington, DC) and the Association for Moral Education (AME; San Antonio).

First, read this chapter that discusses ethical education and brain function applied to classrooms.

Narvaez, D. (2008). Human flourishing and moral development: Cognitive science and neurobiological perspectives on virtue development. In L. Nucci & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Handbook of Moral and Character Education (pp. 310-327). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Powerpoints presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the Character Education Partnerhip (similar to those at AME):

Narvaez, D. (2012). The Neurobiology of Moral Formation. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Character Education Partnership, Washington D.C.

Narvaez, D. (2012). An Integrated Approach to Virtue Education. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Character Education Partnership, Washington D.C.

Handouts offered at the 2012 annual meeting of the Character Education Partnerhip (similar to those at AME):

Narvaez, D. (2011). Integrative Ethical Education. University of Notre Dame: Moral Psychology Lab.

Narvaez, D. (2012). Promoting Whole Brain function and Meeting Student Needs. University of Notre Dame: Moral Psychology Lab.

Other papers that might be of interest:

Narvaez, D. (2010). Building a sustaining classroom climate for purposeful ethical citizenship. In T. Lovat and R. Toomey (Eds.), International Research Handbook of Values Education and Student Wellbeing (pp. 659-674) New York: Springer Publishing Co.

Narvaez, D. & Lapsley, D. K. (2008). Teaching moral character: Two alternatives for teacher educators. Teacher Educator, 43(2), 156-172.