Examining Cross-Age Peer Conversations Relevant to Character: Can a Digital Story About Bullying Promote Students’ Understanding of Humility?

Autor: Edmond P. Bowers, Danielle C. Stacey, Milena Batanova, Richard M. Lerner, Lacey J. Hilliard, Jonathan M. Tirrell, AnneMarie McClain
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Research in Human Development. 13:111-125
ISSN: 1542-7617
1542-7609
Popis: Successful character education programs are commonly marked by components including conversations about moral issues; however, little is known about what students actually talk about in such programs. Using initial data from the Arthur Interactive Media Buddy Project, this study examined whether a digital comic about bullying generated meaningful conversations surrounding humility. The sample was 52 cross-age peers in elementary school. Analyses involved an iterative, deductive-inductive coding process resulting in a total of ten codes, of which three were most readily identified in peers’ conversations: perspective taking, affect labeling, and empathic responding. Limitations and implications relevant to character education are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE