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Vazquez-Marin, Pedro; Cuadrado, Francisco; Lopez-Cobo, Isabel – Education Sciences, 2022
Positive education, as a method for the positive development of students' personality, embodies the 24 character strengths that Peterson and Seligman developed in their studies and that are necessary for new professional profiles. This new social and work landscape inspired supranational institutions, such as the European Union, to develop…
Descriptors: Art Education, Personality Development, Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits
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Bates-Krakoff, Justine; McGrath, Robert E.; Graves, Karen; Ochs, Lynn – Gifted Education International, 2017
Prior literature on the use of character strengths suggests that both deficiencies and excesses in the use of strengths can be problematic. While most school-based training in character strengths tends to focus on the former issue, an example is provided of a school-based program offered by the Mayerson Academy in partnership with the VIA…
Descriptors: Gifted, Teaching Methods, Values Education, Personality Development
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Shpeizer, Raz – Research in Education, 2018
During the second half of the 20th century, a new pedagogical movement emerged, which centered around the concept of "critical thinking." While the movement soon became a significant player in the pedagogical field, its proponents continued to develop the theoretical and practical aspects of critical thinking, aiming to transform it into…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Social Development, Individual Development, Educational History
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Carr, Sam; Gilbride, Neil; James, Christopher R. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
School principals' interpretation of the context for their work has significant implications for their practice and for organisational theory educational settings. Principals' sense-making capability can change over time, as in all adults. Sense-making capability is grounded in adult ego development (AED) theory which describes eight distinct…
Descriptors: Principals, Self Concept, Case Studies, Administrator Attitudes