Building Schools of Character: A Case‐Study Investigation of Character Education's Impact on School Climate,Pupil Behavior,and Curriculum Delivery

Within an action research framework, this investigation used a mixed‐method case‐study approach to investigate what impact character education has on school climate and pupil behavior within a primary school situated in an Education Action Zone of East Anglia, England. Both quantitative and qualitative data sets suggest that the implementation of a multicomponent socioculturally inspired character‐education program can have positive effects on school climate, pupil behavior, and staff morale. In addition, the findings indicate that there is a positive effect on the school's ability to meet the social, emotional, and cognitive needs of pupils following the implementation of a whole‐school prosocial development program rooted in empirical evidence from psychological and educational research.