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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

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