Rethinking Resilience in Character Education: Insights from Literature and Philosophy

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Emma Cohen de Lara (Amsterdam University College, Netherlands) Tessa Leesen (University College Tilburg, Netherlands)

Rethinking Resilience in Character Education

Insights from Literature and Philosophy

Emma Cohen de Lara (Amsterdam University College, Netherlands), Tessa Leesen (University College Tilburg, Netherlands)

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Routledge
29 April 2025

Literary studies: general; Philosophy: aesthetics; Ethics & moral philosophy; Moral & social purpose of education; Psychotherapy

Series: Routledge Research in Character and Virtue Education

This timely volume offers a nuanced reassessment and understanding of resilience through the lens of virtue ethics and character education, presenting practical strategies for the use of narratives to implement a virtue-ethical approach to resilience in classrooms.

Highlighting the rich conceptual history that can be traced in a range of literary and philosophical texts, a diverse range of authors analyse what Plato, Socrates, Cicero, Augustine, Pizan, Montaigne, Weber, and Van der Heijden can teach students and teachers alike about resilience, self-reflection, and growth. The chapters provide a variety of pedagogical suggestions, discussion points, and reflection activities on how to use these texts in the classroom to encourage virtue literacy, engagement with virtuous role models, and an awareness of cultural influences on our understanding of resilience. The book provides a space for educational practitioners and students to engage with literary and philosophical texts that provide nuanced exemplars and insights into resilience, thereby encouraging students to construct their personal journey toward coping with adversity.

Novel in approach and rich in insights, this book will be of use to researchers, educators, and scholar practitioners in the philosophy of education, moral and values education, and citizenship education. Those interested in how literature can shape character and moral agency may also benefit from the volume more broadly.

Edited by: Emma Cohen de Lara (Amsterdam University College Netherlands), Tessa Leesen (University College Tilburg, Netherlands)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781032866864
ISBN 10: 1032866861
Series: Routledge Research in Character and Virtue Education
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 29 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part 1: Resilience and Virtue Ethics Chapter 1: Re-valuing resilience: a virtue ethical approach Chapter 2: Beyond psychological resilience: a moral approach Part 2: Resilience and Vulnerability Chapter 3: When resilience falls short: lessons from Cicero’s hardships for today’s students Chapter 4: The birth of a classic out of the spirit of failure: Max Weber’s case Chapter 5: Enhancing students’ media resilience through literature education: an educational design based on work and authorship of A.F.Th. van der Heijden Part 3. Resilience and Other Virtues Chapter 6: Socratic resilience, Platonic poetics, and character education Chapter 7: Education and role models of political resilience in Tacitus’ Life of Agricola Chapter 8: The City of God and the Augustinian concept of ‘peregrinus’ Chapter 9: Virtues as the building blocks of resilience: Christine de Pizan’s educational project in The Book of the City of Ladies Chapter 10: Lessons from Montaigne for character development in higher education Concluding reflections: a way forward for resilience in character education

Emma Cohen de Lara is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at Amsterdam University College, Netherlands; Research Fellow at VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Senior Research Fellow at the Civic Humanism Center for Character and Professional Ethics, University of Navarra, Spain. Tessa Leesen is Associate Professor of History at University College Tilburg and the Tilburg Center of the Learning Sciences of Tilburg University, the Netherlands.