Selecting the Most Relevant Character Strengths for Norwegian Army Officers: An Educational Tool

Boe, Ole; Bang, Henning; Nilsen, Fredrik

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.188

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“…In this study, curiosity was again not chosen as important character strength. In a larger fifth study with 100 participants Boe & Bang (in progress) again found that the same 12 character strengths was chosen as the most important as in the three studies by Boe et al (2015aBoe et al ( , 2015bBoe et al ( , 2015c. This lends credibility to the existence of a consistent perception of which 12 character strengths that are considered the most important for military officers.…”

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“…In the studies by Boe et al (2015aBoe et al ( , 2015bBoe et al ( , 2015c self-regulation was among the 12 chosen character strength whereas curiosity was not chosen as one of the 12 important character strengths. Our results from the present study are consistent with a fourth study showing that 12 of the same character strengths as in the three previous mentioned conducted studies were chosen as important by military officers (Boe and Bang n.d. a).…”

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“…The scores in table 2 corroborate our previous finding in that, 12 of the same 13 character strengths were chosen to be important by another group of military officers (Boe et al 2015a). In addition, Boe et al (2015bBoe et al ( , 2015c found that 12 of the same character strengths were chosen as important by experienced military officers. In these two studies, curiosity was not chosen as an important character strength.…”

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The Big 12: The Most Important Character Strengths for Military Officers

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2017

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The Norwegian Military Academy's main role is to educate future military leaders for the Norwegian Army. After graduating from the Norwegian Military Academy, these leaders will most likely have to deal with a great deal of responsibility and to cope with challenging and difficult situations. Leadership in these situations will demand a high degree of both intellect and character. Systematic research on the specific character strengths that are crucial to possess for military officers to succeed as military leaders is lacking. The purpose of this study is to investigate the experienced military officer's perception of which character strengths are seen as the most important for military officers in order to succeed as military leaders. A second aim was to investigate if there was any degree of consistency between the character strengths chosen in the present study and those chosen in previous studies. Method: A group of participants consisting of 21 military officers with an average of 10.3 years of active service in the Norwegian Armed Forces took part in the study. The officers were students of the Norwegian Military Academy when the present study was conducted. A list of 24 character strengths was given. The participants were then requested to judge each character's strength separately based on their subjective perception of the character's strengths importance for military officers. As a result 13 character strengths were selected as the most important for military officers and their leadership. These were in ranked order: leadership, teamwork, open-mindedness, integrity, persistence, bravery, curiosity, love of learning, social intelligence, fairness, perspective, creativity and self-regulation. Conclusions: The results from the present study are consistent and thus corroborate well with findings from the four previous studies conducted at the Norwegian Military Academy. In these four previous studies, 12 of the same 12 character strengths were also chosen as the most important ones for military officers. There thus seems to be a very strong consensus among military officers regarding which character strengths that are seen as important for military officers.

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The Big 12: The Most Important Character Strengths for Military Officers

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“…Previous research has identified 12 character strengths that are the most important ones for military leaders (Boe, Bang, & Nilsen, 2015a;. The 12 character strengths were leadership, followed by integrity, persistence, bravery, open-mindedness, fairness, citizenship, self-regulation, love of learning, social intelligence, perspective and creativity.…”

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Building Resilience: The Role of Character Strengths in the Selection and Education of Military Leaders

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2015

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“…Integrating the value of the character is important in learning because it provides benefits, among them can increase motivation and learning achievement, emotional intelligence, improve skills, solve life problems and can provide a meaningful experience [2] Peterson and Seligman (2004) in Boe, Bang and Nielsen argue that virtue and strength of character can be found in all cultures and considered universal [3], including cultural values possessed by the people of South Sulawesi (Bugis, Makassar and Toraja) have universal character values.…”

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Development of Local Historical Learning Resources South Sulawesi Based on Character Education in Department of Historical Education Faculty of Social Science at State University of Makassar

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Idris³

2018

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The purpose of this research is to develop a local history based on learning resource for character education. This study uses an Instructional Development Model (MPI) consisting of eight stages, namely needs analysis, instructional analysis, identification of learners characteristics, determining basic competencies, developing syllabus and SAP, designing assessment systems, developing learning modules, and formative evaluation implementation. The results of preliminary research indicate that the value of local character is not integrated in the learning process in History Education Program so that it needs to be made a learning resource which can be a reference in learning local history that students can identify, integrate and apply the character values in campus life as well as in social life. Sources of learning local history can increase the sense of care and interest in the regional domain of students. Local history can be an effective tool to stimulate a deeper interest and understanding of demand-oriented teaching. Events with the presence of prominent figures in historical events are expected to inspire students in the form of personal character because Holt's study of history in Frost not only enhances the understanding of the past, but also the understanding of future challenges [1].

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Selecting the Most Relevant Character Strengths for Norwegian Army Officers: An Educational Tool

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The Big 12: The Most Important Character Strengths for Military Officers

The Big 12: The Most Important Character Strengths for Military Officers

Building Resilience: The Role of Character Strengths in the Selection and Education of Military Leaders

Development of Local Historical Learning Resources South Sulawesi Based on Character Education in Department of Historical Education Faculty of Social Science at State University of Makassar

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