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Richard M. Lerner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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is the scoutreach initiative of boy scouts of america linked to Character Development among socioeconomically racially and ethnically diverse youth initial explorations
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2017Co-Authors: Jun Wang, Kaitlyn A. Ferris, Rachel M. Hershberg, Robey B Champine, Daniel J A Warren, Brian M Burkhard, Richard M. LernerAbstract:Youth Development programs represent key tools in the work of youth-serving practitioners and researchers who strive to promote Character Development and other attributes of youth thriving, particularly among youth who may confront structural and social challenges related to their racial, ethnic, and/or economic backgrounds. This article conducts secondary analyses of two previously reported studies of a relatively recent innovation in Boy Scouts of America (BSA) developed for youth from low-income communities, Scoutreach. Our goal is to provide descriptive and admittedly preliminary exploratory information about whether these data sets—one involving a sample of 266 youth of color from socioeconomically impoverished communities in Philadelphia (M age = 10.54 years, SD = 1.58 years) and the other involving a pilot investigation of 32 youth of color from similar socioeconomic backgrounds in Boston (M age = 9.97 years, SD = 2.46 years)—provide evidence for a link between program participation and a key indicator of positive Development; that is, Character Development. Across the two data sets, quantitative and qualitative evidence suggested the presence of Character Development among Scoutreach participants. Limitations of both studies are discussed and implications for future longitudinal research are presented. We suggest that future longitudinal research should test the hypothesis that emotional engagement is key to creating the conditions wherein Scoutreach participation is linked to Character Development.
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Theoretical and Empirical Bases of Character Development in Adolescence: A View of the Issues
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2017Co-Authors: Scott Seider, Eranda Jayawickreme, Richard M. LernerAbstract:Traditional models of Character Development have conceptualized Character as a set of psychological attributes that motivate or enable individuals to function as competent moral agents. In this special section, we present seven articles, including two commentaries, that seek to make innovative conceptual and methodological contributions to traditional understandings in the extant scholarship of Character and Character Development in youth. In the introduction to this special section, we provide overviews of these contributions, and discuss the implications of these articles both to the current scholarship and to applications aimed at promoting Character and positive youth Development.
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Character Development among youth: Linking lives in time and place
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017Co-Authors: Richard M. LernerAbstract:This article embeds the study of Character Development within the two-decades-long research program framed by the Lerner and Lerner model of positive youth Development. Character Development involves attaining the feelings, thoughts, and skills needed to act coherently across time and place to serve self and others in mutually beneficial, positive ways. Research in the U.S. and other nations suggests that there are three key features of successful Character Development initiatives for children and adolescents: Mentors and models, skill-building opportunities, and opportunities to participate in and to take a leadership role in valued family, school, and community activities. Implications of this research include the idea that Character Development can be the foundation on which other key facets of a person’s thriving can be built (e.g., competence, confidence, connection, and caring), and can provide a key basis for enabling every young person to contribute positively to their own lives and to the enhance...
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Character Development Within the Relational Developmental Systems Metatheory: A View of the Issues
Research in Human Development, 2016Co-Authors: Jun Wang, Milena Batanova, Kaitlyn A. Ferris, Richard M. LernerAbstract:At this writing, the study of Character Development is burgeoning, and this special issue provides an overview of why and how the relational Developmental systems metatheory frames such growth, particularly growth in theory-predicated research and applications aimed at describing, explaining, and optimizing the Development of positive attributes of Character (i.e., Character virtues). The empirical reports related to Character Development that are presented in this special issue are all framed by relational Developmental systems–based ideas and, together, provide information about the mutually beneficial individual context relations that are involved in Character virtue Development across the first three decades of life. A commentary discusses the implications of these studies for the enhancement of relational Developmental systems–based Character Development research, for programs aimed at promoting different facets of Character, and for the future growth of a Developmental science of Character virtues...
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Perceptions of Character Development at a Trade College: Triangulating Student, Alumni, Administrator, and Teacher Perspectives
Research in Human Development, 2016Co-Authors: Rachel M. Hershberg, Rachel O. Rubin, Sara K. Johnson, Kristina Schmid Callina, Richard M. LernerAbstract:Higher education may be a setting wherein Character is revealed or developed. The purpose of this study was to investigate stakeholders’ perspectives about the processes involved in Character Development at a postsecondary institution with a trade and Character education focus: Williamson College. The authors analyzed qualitative data from administrators, teachers, students, and alumni regarding their perceptions of the Character Development process at Williamson College and to ascertain which features of the context each group viewed as essential for Character Development. The authors then triangulated across sources to examine alignment in stakeholders’ perceptions. Each stakeholder group identified two essential facets of Williamson College: (1) structure and discipline and (2) interpersonal relationships. The groups varied, however, on which aspects of these themes they highlighted. We discuss the implications of these findings for the Williamson College context as well as for the Development, impleme...
David Light Shields - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sports and Character Development.
Journal of physical activity & health, 2006Co-Authors: Brenda Light Bredemeier, David Light ShieldsAbstract:For more than a century, the contention that sport builds Character has been popular among educators. The more cautious perspective of researchers is that sport might build Character, but only under the right conditions. For example, while the limited research to date suggests that competitive team sports may encourage high social perspective-taking ability, it may also discourage the ability to feel or display empathy. If sports are to have a positive impact on the Character Development of participants, the leadership and behavior of the coach is key. In this article, the authors report on three aspects of Character that may be influenced by sport participation: perspective-taking and empathy; moral reasoning; and motivational orientation. The authors provide research-based recommendations for coaches and others in sport leadership positions. The complete article appears in the March 2006 issue of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Research Digest. The Research Digest is published four times a year and includes manuscripts related to physical activity and health. Articles are available free through the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports at http://www.fitness.gov/pcpfs_research_digs.htm
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Character Development and Physical Activity
1995Co-Authors: David Light Shields, Brenda Light BredemeierAbstract:Part 1 Theory: coming to terms with morality moral Development - the first generation internalization approaches to moral Development constructivist approaches to moral Development. Part 2 Understanding moral action: toward an integrated model of moral action interpreting the situation constructing a moral ideal contextual influences implementing action. Part 3 Physical activity and Character Development: does sport build Character? promoting moral Character through physical education and sport.
Russell W. Gough - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Character Development and Physical Activity
Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 1997Co-Authors: Russell W. GoughAbstract:(1997). Character Development and Physical Activity. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport: Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 124-128.
Brenda Light Bredemeier - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sports and Character Development.
Journal of physical activity & health, 2006Co-Authors: Brenda Light Bredemeier, David Light ShieldsAbstract:For more than a century, the contention that sport builds Character has been popular among educators. The more cautious perspective of researchers is that sport might build Character, but only under the right conditions. For example, while the limited research to date suggests that competitive team sports may encourage high social perspective-taking ability, it may also discourage the ability to feel or display empathy. If sports are to have a positive impact on the Character Development of participants, the leadership and behavior of the coach is key. In this article, the authors report on three aspects of Character that may be influenced by sport participation: perspective-taking and empathy; moral reasoning; and motivational orientation. The authors provide research-based recommendations for coaches and others in sport leadership positions. The complete article appears in the March 2006 issue of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Research Digest. The Research Digest is published four times a year and includes manuscripts related to physical activity and health. Articles are available free through the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports at http://www.fitness.gov/pcpfs_research_digs.htm
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Character Development and Physical Activity
1995Co-Authors: David Light Shields, Brenda Light BredemeierAbstract:Part 1 Theory: coming to terms with morality moral Development - the first generation internalization approaches to moral Development constructivist approaches to moral Development. Part 2 Understanding moral action: toward an integrated model of moral action interpreting the situation constructing a moral ideal contextual influences implementing action. Part 3 Physical activity and Character Development: does sport build Character? promoting moral Character through physical education and sport.
Rachel M. Hershberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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is the scoutreach initiative of boy scouts of america linked to Character Development among socioeconomically racially and ethnically diverse youth initial explorations
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2017Co-Authors: Jun Wang, Kaitlyn A. Ferris, Rachel M. Hershberg, Robey B Champine, Daniel J A Warren, Brian M Burkhard, Richard M. LernerAbstract:Youth Development programs represent key tools in the work of youth-serving practitioners and researchers who strive to promote Character Development and other attributes of youth thriving, particularly among youth who may confront structural and social challenges related to their racial, ethnic, and/or economic backgrounds. This article conducts secondary analyses of two previously reported studies of a relatively recent innovation in Boy Scouts of America (BSA) developed for youth from low-income communities, Scoutreach. Our goal is to provide descriptive and admittedly preliminary exploratory information about whether these data sets—one involving a sample of 266 youth of color from socioeconomically impoverished communities in Philadelphia (M age = 10.54 years, SD = 1.58 years) and the other involving a pilot investigation of 32 youth of color from similar socioeconomic backgrounds in Boston (M age = 9.97 years, SD = 2.46 years)—provide evidence for a link between program participation and a key indicator of positive Development; that is, Character Development. Across the two data sets, quantitative and qualitative evidence suggested the presence of Character Development among Scoutreach participants. Limitations of both studies are discussed and implications for future longitudinal research are presented. We suggest that future longitudinal research should test the hypothesis that emotional engagement is key to creating the conditions wherein Scoutreach participation is linked to Character Development.
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Perceptions of Character Development at a Trade College: Triangulating Student, Alumni, Administrator, and Teacher Perspectives
Research in Human Development, 2016Co-Authors: Rachel M. Hershberg, Rachel O. Rubin, Sara K. Johnson, Kristina Schmid Callina, Richard M. LernerAbstract:Higher education may be a setting wherein Character is revealed or developed. The purpose of this study was to investigate stakeholders’ perspectives about the processes involved in Character Development at a postsecondary institution with a trade and Character education focus: Williamson College. The authors analyzed qualitative data from administrators, teachers, students, and alumni regarding their perceptions of the Character Development process at Williamson College and to ascertain which features of the context each group viewed as essential for Character Development. The authors then triangulated across sources to examine alignment in stakeholders’ perceptions. Each stakeholder group identified two essential facets of Williamson College: (1) structure and discipline and (2) interpersonal relationships. The groups varied, however, on which aspects of these themes they highlighted. We discuss the implications of these findings for the Williamson College context as well as for the Development, impleme...