National Academies Of Sciences, Engineering, And Medicine Proceedings Of A Workshop
The document details a workshop held to review research and practice relevant to character development, with a focus on out-of-school programs. Key discussion topics included defining and understanding character, identifying effective development practices, strategies for implementation and outcome evaluation, developing high-quality staff, and measuring character. The workshop featured presentations on character as a multifaceted developmental system encompassing moral cognition, emotional development, performance, and moral social engagement, as well as perspectives from positive psychology and cultural developmental psychology regarding context and culture's influence on character.