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Does Character Matter? : Essays on Opportunity and the American Dream /
Sixteen thoughtful writers consider character cultivation. Richard Reeves introduces this collection of short essays with a challenge: ""I defy you to find a richer set of writings on the philosophical, empirical, and practical issues raised by a focus on character, and in particular its r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2015
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Richard V. Reeves
- Skills and scaffolding / James Heckman
- Character is experience / Joseph Fishkin
- Free will is the missing link between character and opportunity / Martin E.P. Seligman
- Conscientiousness : a primer / Brent Roberts
- Chronic adversity shapes character / Ross A. Thompson
- Responsible parenting : a test of character / Isabel V. Sawhill
- Gendered character / Jen Lexmond
- Women, character, and competition / Carmit Segal
- Cultures build character / Stuart Butler
- Grit and community / Marc Dunkelman
- Schools of character / Dominic A.A. Randolph
- Morality before performance / Marvin Berkowitz
- Authority and morality build character / Lawrence M. Mead
- We need empathy, too / Amitai Etzioni
- Character education : a cautionary note / Mike Rose
- The thorny politics of mobility / Lanae Erickson Hatalsky.