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The Need to Address Non-Cognitive Skills in the Education Policy Agenda1

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Non-cognitive Skills and Factors in Educational Attainment

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Multiple traits compose a broad definition of what it means to be an educated person. Indisputably, being an educated person is associated with having a certain command of a curriculum, and knowledge of theories and facts from various disciplines. But the term educated also suggests a more far-reaching concept associated with individuals’ full development.

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García, E. (2016). The Need to Address Non-Cognitive Skills in the Education Policy Agenda1. 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_3

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