HESBURGH LECTURE SERIES 2012 Program - Alumni Association ...
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F. Clark Power, Ed.D.<br />
Professor, <strong>Program</strong> of Liberal Studies; <strong>Program</strong> Director, Play Like A<br />
Champion; Concurrent Professor, Psychology; Fellow, Institute for<br />
Educational Initiatives<br />
Biography<br />
F. Clark Power has been teaching in the <strong>Program</strong> of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre<br />
Dame for more than 25 years. He also is a concurrent professor of psychology; a fellow of the<br />
Institute for Educational Initiatives; and founder of the Play Like A Champion <strong>Program</strong> for<br />
youth sports coaches and parents. He received an Ed.D. in human development from Harvard<br />
University’s Graduate School of Education in 1979. His research and writing focus on moral<br />
development.<br />
Lectures<br />
Can Virtue Be Taught? Moral and Character Education in America<br />
There is a growing consensus that moral and character education ought to be undertaken in American schools, but there is<br />
widespread disagreement over how to do so. Using recent social science research, Power argues that moral education is necessary<br />
and possible in the curriculum, classroom and school discipline, community service projects, and sports.<br />
Play Like a Champion Today: Putting Fun and Virtue First in Youth Sports<br />
Categories<br />
Education, Ethics<br />
What can we do to make sure that youth sports help children to develop as persons and to have fun playing? Using research from<br />
Notre Dame’s Play Like a Champion <strong>Program</strong>, Power shows that coach and parent education can make a difference.<br />
The Hesburgh Lecture Series, <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Program</strong> 91