My Character

Project Overview

This report presents the findings of the My Character Feasibility Study which ran from May 2011 to April 2014 and involved over 1000 young people from across the UK. The aim of the study was to develop a better understanding of how interventions designed to develop character might enhance moral formation and future-mindedness in young people. This report describes the research, analyses the impact and concludes with recommendations for policy makers, practitioners and researchers embarking on similar projects.

The My Character resources are available to schools for free and can be found here.

Summary of Key Recommendations

This report describes the research, analyses the impact of My Character and concludes with recommendations for policy makers, practitioners and researchers embarking on similar projects. These recommendations include:

• advocating that schools create space in the curriculum to teach future-mindedness through character education
• enhancing traditional character education teaching methods with opportunities brought by Internet technologies
• evaluating character education interventions using triangulated evidence drawn from a mixture of research methods