2nd Latinamerican Symposium of Positive Competences
On Friday, February 18, Drs. Rich Lerner, Elizabeth Dowling, and Marc Bornstein will be giving their presentation, “Promoting Character Development Among Youth: Theory, Measurement, Research, and Program Applications,“ from 10-11am (Eastern) at the 2nd Latinamerican Symposium of Positive Competences.
We have the honor of inviting you to the II Simposio Latinoamericano de Competencias Positivas: Promoción de la gratitud en el Contexto Escolar (2nd Latinamerican Symposium of positive competences: Promotion of gratitud in the school context). In this event we will present the results and products of a research project developed by a group of professors in the Psychology Department of the Universidad de los Andes and financed by The Templeton World Charity Foundation. This project consisted of designing and piloting a program to promote gratitude in the school context from a child-centered perspective.
| Schedule: | |
| 8:00-8:30am | Welcoming Diana Agudelo, Vice dean of research, Faculty of Social Science Sonia Carrillo, Associate Professor, Department of psychology (Spanish) |
| 8:30-9:30am | Gratitude Expedition: A program to promote gratitude in the Colombian school context Sonia Carrilo, Universidad de los Andes Yvonne Gomez, Universidad de los Andes Gordon Ingram, Universidad de los Andes (Spanish) |
| 9:30-10:00am | Break |
| 10:00-11:00am | Character development and well-being: How research on gratitude informs education Richard Lerner, Tufts University (Speaker) Elizabeth Dowling, Tufts University Marc Bornstein, US National Institutes of Health (English) |
| 11:00-12:00pm | Socioemotional skills promotion as part of positive competences: Advanced actions and evidence The Promotion of Competences team from the Colombian national Ministry of Education (Spanish) |
| 12:00-12:30pm | Conclusions (Spanish) |