The Routledge International Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Character Development, Volume II

ISBN-13: 9781032172446 / Twarda / 2024 / 728 str.

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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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Section 1: 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 2: 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 3: 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 (IARYD): 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 U.S. 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 4: 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

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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.