全球七十億人,每個人都有著不同的品格特質。有些人有較強的自制力,有的則充滿好奇心,無高低之分,卻造就了我們的獨特性。那到底是什麼決定我們每個人的品格特質?是先天決定還是靠後天培養?
很多人都以為「江山易改,本性難移」,反而學習就可以靠後天努力。於是過去一段長時間,每當我們談到教育,都集中於討論如何訓練孩子的認知能力、學習知識,但事實上,品格特質都可以發展和強化鍛鍊!?
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Dweck, C. (2014, November). The power of believing that you can improve. Retrieved from TED Talk
Marvin W. Berkowitz, & Melinda C. Bier. (2004). Research-Based Character Education. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 591, 72–85.
The VIA Institute on Character, http://www.viacharacter.org/www/
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