The Routledge International Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Character Development, Volume II (eBook, ePUB)

Moderators, Threats, and Contexts
Redaktion: Matthews, Michael D.; Lerner, Richard M.

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the meaning, structure, function, and development of the construct of character virtues - the attributes of thinking, feeling, and behavior that reflect an individual's positive and coherent contributions to self and, integratively, to the institutions of civil society, social well-being, equity, and social justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 728
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003851226
• Artikelnr.: 70001328

Autorenporträt

Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., is Professor of Engineering Psychology at the United States Military Academy. He has been a military psychologist since 1980. In the past 40 years, he has served on active duty as an Air Force officer (as a behavioral sciences officer), as a psychology professor at Drury University, as a research psychologist for the Army Research Institute, and, since 2000, in his current capacity at West Point. Richard M. Lerner, Ph.D., is the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and the Director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University. He went from kindergarten through Ph.D. within the New York City public schools, completing his doctorate at the City University of New York in 1971 in developmental psychology. Lerner has more than 800 scholarly publications, including more than 80 authored or edited books.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: Moderators and Covariates of Character Development 1. Culturally
Sensitive and Contextually Adapted Exemplars of Character Development:
Implications for Reimagining Frameworks 2. The Role of Grit in Achievement
and Resilience: A Comprehensive Review 3. Organizational Grit as a Cultural
Perspective 4. Hope for the Future 5. Parenting as Panacea: Toward
Generational Advancements of Early Character Virtues and Eventual Civic
Responsibility 6. Resilience 7. Self-regulation: A Character Development
Perspective; Section II: Threats to Character Development 8. Can Exemplars
Promote Character Development in the Wake of Adversity? 9. Why Good People
Fail at Character: The Character Risk Model 10. What's Wrong with the World
Anyway? Psychological Origins of a Collective Failure of Humanity 11.
Democratic Character and Virtues: Developmental Responses to Group Conflict
and Oppression 12. Racism and Positive Youth Development; Section III:
Contexts of Character Development 13. The Jubilee Centre for Character and
Virtues 14. The Center for Character and Citizenship 15. The Center for
Parent and Teen Communication at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 16.
The Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development: Understanding What
Goes Right in the Lives of Youth 17. Institute for the Study of Human
Flourishing: A Cautionary Tale 18. The Oxford Character Project 19. The
Montclair State University Institute for Research on Youth Thriving and
Evaluation 20. The Stanford Center on Adolescence 21. Wake Forest
University's Program for Leadership and Character: A Case Study 22. The
Application of Character Measurement and Development within Organizations
23. International Development Agencies and Their Emerging Role in
Adolescent Character Development: Reflections and Opportunities 24.
International Faith-based Organizations: Integrating Science and Ideology
25. Children's Media and Development: Interdisciplinary Approaches,
Considerations, and Potential 26. Character Development in Youth Programs:
Lessons from Developmental Science Research and Practice 27. Philanthropic
Approaches to Character Development 28. The Templeton Philanthropies 29.
Character First, then Pathway to Excellence: A Case Study of NPX Point
Avenue K12 Education Programs in Hanoi, Vietnam 30. Intellectual Virtues
Academy of Long Beach: Integrating Intellectual Virtues into the DNA of a
School 31. A Developmental Journey: The Center for Character and Leadership
Development at the United States Air Force Academy 32. Leaders of
Character, The Coast Guard Academy Way 33. Building Trusted Army
Professionals: Character Development at West Point 34. Leadership and
Character Development at the U.S. Naval Academy; Section IV: Conclusions
and Implications 35. Character Virtue, Social Science, and Leadership:
Consequences of Ignoring Practice 36. Progress, Challenges, and Promise in
Understanding, Measuring, and Educating Character 37. Character
Development: Then, Now, and Next