Character Education in the Digital Age Research

In today’s digital world, technology profoundly influences how young people grow, learn, and navigate the world around them. As digital interactions become integral to daily life, there is a pressing need to understand how these experiences shape the moral character and wisdom of children and young people. The publications below offers a collection of research focused on the implications of new technologies on the moral and ethical development of young people.

Our research explores three core areas:

Developing Cyber-Wisdom: We have undertaken sustained research seeking to answer the question – How can we help young people make the right decision and the right time when using digital technologies?
Perspectives on Character in the Digital Age: Understanding the views of children, parents, and educators is crucial. By exploring their perspectives on character our reports have looked at how values are perceived, tested, and upheld online.
Effective Interventions for Character Development: We look at strategies and programs designed to foster components of character.

Through our research on character in the digital age, we aim to provide practical insights, tools, and strategies that educators, parents, and policymakers can use to guide young people toward flourishing in a complex digital landscape.

Key Jubilee Centre Reports on Character Education in the Digital Age

A Cyber-Wisdom Approach to Digital Citizenship Education

This report presents and compares key findings from two surveys: a survey with 1,947 13 -to 16-year-olds in England, and a survey with 1,515 parents of 13- to 17-year-olds across the United Kingdom (UK). In doing so, it explores adolescents’ and parents’ views on, and practices at the intersection of, character, virtue and wisdom in the digital age.

A Cyber-Wisdom Approach to Digital Citizenship Education

Educating Cyber-Wisdom

Cyber-wisdom is defined in this report as the ability to do the right thing at the right time, when using online digital technologies. The task of educating cyber-wisdom in children and adolescence relies on joint efforts from multiple stakeholders, including parents, teachers, policymakers, and technology companies.

Educating Cyber-Wisdom

The Influence of Parents and the Media

The aim of this research project was to examine how social media use is related to young people’s experience and enactment of empathy and honesty, and their identification with moral values.