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 Dr. William Damon, a
psychologist and professor at Stanford University, will deliver the
keynote address at California State University, Fresno’s 25th annual
Conference on Character and Civic Education in downtown Fresno on April
1.
The daylong conference, sponsored by the Kremen School of Education and
Human Development at Fresno State, will begin at 8 a.m. at the Fresno
Convention Center Exhibit Hall.
Damon will speak about his latest book, “The Path to Purpose,” in which
he explains how students find fulfilling purposes in life. He will
discuss how schools and parents can work together to set students’
aspirations higher and more long term, so they stretch beyond a standard
education.
Damon is a professor of education and director of the Stanford Center on
Adolescence. Prior to joining Stanford in 1997, he directed the Center
for the Study of Human Development at Brown University where he also
taught. He recently was elected to the National Academy of Education.
At the Fresno conference, participants will attend breakout sessions and
workshops designed to emphasize to students that education is a moral
endeavor, said Dr. Jacques Benninga, director of the Bonner Center in
the Kremen School. He and Jane Moosoolian, a lecturer in the Curriculum
and Instruction Department, are conference coordinators.
The Fresno State event is the nation’s longest-running character
education conference, providing hundreds of prospective teachers with
information on local civic agencies devoted to assisting children and
families with life issues.
At the conference, the Bonner Center will present the 22nd annual
Virtues and Character Recognition awards to area middle schools that
exemplify attention to character education.
For more information contact, Benninga at 559.278.0253 or Moosoolian at
559.278.0115
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