The paper, based on the field-work of C middle school, was designed to explore practices of
character education, to draw its implications and possibilities. According to the results, in C
middle school, there were various ways to promote students’ ability of self-management, sense of
order, rule observance such as self-diary, penalty point system, student record program and etc.
In addition, the school not only intended to make itself as a community by running school study
room, adopting graduates mentor programs and encouraging parents’ participation on school
activities, but also tried to provide various experience by supplying students with specialized after
school programs or club activities. The school tried to help forward to make a homelike
atmosphere through greeting campaign, parents’ participation in school activities and etc. Above
these, the school had a crisis management system for students in trouble to help them and solve
their problems in every possible ways. However, character education of the school have some
limitations in that it overemphasizes and imposes excessive bureaucratic surveillance and control,
school adaptation and daily efficiency, and morally problematique collective campaigns and
totalitarian enlightening events. Moreover, students’ volunteer activity was exchanged to points,
which would mean exemption or moral indulgence. Character education of the school also has
some possibilities in that it tried to make school as a community, and search for specialized
training and experience through club activities or other field studies. In addition, in part, students’
volunteer activity was experienced as a meaningful experience instead of means to get points.