The University of Navarra has launched seven animated videos to promote character education and values ​​in secondary schools. They were designed and carried out by members of the “Researching and promoting character education in Latin American secondary schools” project, an initiative of the School of Education and Psychology and the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), which is funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation.

The videos, which are available in English and Spanish, are a starting point for addressing dispositions in the classroom setting that include courage, justice, honesty, compassion, self-control, gratitude and humility or modesty. The animated videos illustrate keys for the development of habits, positive attitudes and personal development.

"With this initiative, we hope to offer secondary school teachers a new medium through which they can help students reflect on these values ​​and how they can be developed on a daily basis in the family, school or friends environment," as Concepción Naval, the project director and Dean of the School of Education and Psychology at the University of Navarra, explains.

Recognition of character education

The research project in which these videos originate aims to achieve a better understanding of the formation of positive character traits— particularly the social and moral virtues— and to analyze how they can be promoted in secondary schools in Latin America.

The project results are projected to impact secondary school students and teachers, teachers’ training, education researchers, policy makers and parents.

The videos on YouTube can be found at the following links:

Self-discipline (Spanish / English)

Compassion (Spanish / English)

Strength / Courage (Spanish / English)

Gratitutde (Spanish / English)

Honesty (Spanish / English)

Humility (Spanish / English)

Justice (Spanish / English)