The Character Nation report adds that character attributes including self-regulation, application, confidence and empathy, as well as “moral and civic virtues”, should be formally embedded into the school curriculum.
Written by the cross-party Demos think-tank and the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham, the report outlines four main categories of “good character”. These are:
Moral virtues such as courage, honesty, humility, empathy and gratitude.
Intellectual virtues such as curiosity and critical-thinking.
Performance virtues such as resilience, application, and self-regulation.
Civic virtues such as acts of service and volunteering.
The character education agenda is a priority for the Department for Education (DfE), with the inaugural Character Awards having taken place earlier this year and financial grants being made available recently for initiatives that promote these skills.
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