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char acter strengths of first-year student teachers and the 5 cs ...
students were introduced to theory about character strengths and the VIA
Classification, identified their signature strengths and reflected on their re-
sults. They discussed the practical implications of engaging their charac-
ter strengths in their private and professional lives and reflected on how
the workshop had contributed to their professional development. After the
workshop, they were asked to complete the PYD questionnaire and an-
swer the open-ended questions. Participation was voluntary. Students pro-
vided their student ID numbers in order to link their pre- and post-work-
shop responses, but the data were considered to be anonymous. In March
2020, the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic forced the study process in high-
er education in Slovenia to shift from the face-to-face to online form. In the
2020/2021 academic year, first-year students – the participants in our study
– attended lectures in person for only the first 2 weeks in October 2020, be-
fore the study process again shifted to the online form and then remained
there until the end of the academic year. The study took place in March
2021, during the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. All study-related ac-
tivities (the workshop and completing the questionnaires) were therefore
carried out in an online form.
Results
Results of the quantitative analysis
Descriptive statistics (M, SD) and Pearson’s correlations between the char-
acter strengths and the 5 Cs are presented in Table 1.
Table 1: Descriptive statistics and correlations of the VIA-IS scales and 5 Cs.
M SD Competence Confidence Character Caring Connection
.30** .19*
Fairness 4.32 0.44 .20* .05 .41** .36** .37**
Kindness .39** .42**
Teamwork 4.29 0.40 .19* .11 .32** .31** .26**
.29** .21*
Leadership 4.18 0.45 .33** .29** .35** .22* .46**
Gratitude .12 .14
Love 4.17 0.45 .33** .08 .41** .17* .38**
Honesty
Humour 4.17 0.50 .16 .34** .27** .24** .11
Appreciation
of beauty 4.14 0.51 .31** .38** .13
4.08 0.44 .16 .27** .24**
4.07 0.55 .35** .22* .19*
4.05 0.51 .12 .19* .45**
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students were introduced to theory about character strengths and the VIA
Classification, identified their signature strengths and reflected on their re-
sults. They discussed the practical implications of engaging their charac-
ter strengths in their private and professional lives and reflected on how
the workshop had contributed to their professional development. After the
workshop, they were asked to complete the PYD questionnaire and an-
swer the open-ended questions. Participation was voluntary. Students pro-
vided their student ID numbers in order to link their pre- and post-work-
shop responses, but the data were considered to be anonymous. In March
2020, the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic forced the study process in high-
er education in Slovenia to shift from the face-to-face to online form. In the
2020/2021 academic year, first-year students – the participants in our study
– attended lectures in person for only the first 2 weeks in October 2020, be-
fore the study process again shifted to the online form and then remained
there until the end of the academic year. The study took place in March
2021, during the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. All study-related ac-
tivities (the workshop and completing the questionnaires) were therefore
carried out in an online form.
Results
Results of the quantitative analysis
Descriptive statistics (M, SD) and Pearson’s correlations between the char-
acter strengths and the 5 Cs are presented in Table 1.
Table 1: Descriptive statistics and correlations of the VIA-IS scales and 5 Cs.
M SD Competence Confidence Character Caring Connection
.30** .19*
Fairness 4.32 0.44 .20* .05 .41** .36** .37**
Kindness .39** .42**
Teamwork 4.29 0.40 .19* .11 .32** .31** .26**
.29** .21*
Leadership 4.18 0.45 .33** .29** .35** .22* .46**
Gratitude .12 .14
Love 4.17 0.45 .33** .08 .41** .17* .38**
Honesty
Humour 4.17 0.50 .16 .34** .27** .24** .11
Appreciation
of beauty 4.14 0.51 .31** .38** .13
4.08 0.44 .16 .27** .24**
4.07 0.55 .35** .22* .19*
4.05 0.51 .12 .19* .45**
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