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Virtuous minds : intellectual character development for students, educators, & parents / Philip E. Dow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dow, Phil, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Character.
- Personality development.
- Education--Philosophy.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Teacher-administrator Philip Dow explores the implications of setting intellectual character (rather than intellectual content) at the heart of our educational programs. With ample stories and practical suggestions, Dow shows how intellectual virtues like tenacity, carefulness and curiosity are teachable traits that can produce good lives.
- Contents:
- part 1. The seven intellectual virtues
- part 2. The fruits of intellectual character
- part 3. Becoming people of intellectual character.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-207) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780830884339
- 0830884335
- OCLC:
- 908514373
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