Evaluating the Pilot Narnian Virtues Character Education English Curriculum Project: A Study among 11- to 13-Year-Old Students

Autor/inn/en	Francis, Leslie J.; Pike, Mark A.; Lickona, Thomas; Lankshear, David W.; Nesfield, Victoria
Titel	Evaluating the Pilot Narnian Virtues Character Education English Curriculum Project: A Study among 11- to 13-Year-Old Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Beliefs & Values, 39 (2018) 2, S.233-249 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1361 7672
DOI	10.1080/13617672.2018.1434604
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Values Education; Teaching Methods; Pilot Projects; Program Descriptions; Student Behavior; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Self Esteem; Personality Measures; Empathy; Measures (Individuals); Outcomes of Education; Educational Principles; Secondary School Students; Literacy; Foreign Countries; Psychometrics; Curriculum Evaluation; Questionnaires; Literature; Psychological Patterns; Statistical Analysis; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Werterziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Empathie; Messdaten; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Bildungsprinzip; Sekundarschüler; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Fragebogen; Literatur; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	In order to evaluate the impact of the pilot Narnian Virtues Character Education English Curriculum Project, a pilot sample of 86 year 7 and year 8 students (11 to 13 years of age) completed a battery of tests both before and after participating for six weeks in the programme. The battery of tests comprised 12 Narnian Character Virtue Scales (NCVS) (to assess the degree to which students saw themselves as behaving virtuously), the Knowledge Index of Narnian Character Virtues (KINCV) (to assess knowledge of virtues gained during the programme), and established measures of personality, happiness, self-esteem, empathy, and religious affect (as control variables). Mean scores were significantly higher at the end of the programme on the KINCV, but on none of the 12 NCVSs, and on none of the control variables. These data suggest that the Narnian Virtues Character Education English Curriculum Project was successful in enhancing knowledge of virtues but not in changing self-perceived behaviour. These findings are consistent both with the general educational principle that education informs understanding prior to affecting behaviour and also with the expectations of the project--that improving virtue literacy and understanding of virtues precedes the practice of virtues. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01