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It is Not about “Being Best in the World” … It is about “Being Best for the World”

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Non-cognitive Skills and Factors in Educational Attainment

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This chapter focuses on the psychosocial non-cognitive elements of children’s early years learning, reported in the perceptions of educators, principals and teachers, working in Catholic Singapore preschools. The chapter commences with an introduction of the context for the study.

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  1. James Cook University, Australia

    Margaret Anne Carter

  2. Archdiocesan Commission for Catholic Schools, Singapore

    Merilyn Dasson

  3. James Cook University, Australia

    Katerina Kanakis

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  1. Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

    Myint Swe Khine

  2. Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

    Shaljan Areepattamannil

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Carter, M.A., Dasson, M., Kanakis, K. (2016). It is Not about “Being Best in the World” … It is about “Being Best for the World”. In: Khine, M.S., Areepattamannil, S. (eds) Non-cognitive Skills and Factors in Educational Attainment. Contemporary Approaches to Research in learning Innovations. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-591-3_16

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