PSYCH-UA 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Character Education, Hidden Curriculum, Imaginary Audience
2 Oct 2017
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Imaginary audience: believe others are as interested in them as they are in themselves. Personal fable: sense of personal uniqueness. Decision making (more complex, options: social context plays a key role, emotional state at the time has impact. Critical thinking: thinking reflectively and productively, and evaluating evidence. Beliefs and attitudes about the way things should be. Changing values: more concern for own well-being than service to others: self-fulfillment, self-expression. Damon: youth lack clear sense of direction. Form of education promoting social responsibility and service to community/others. Required by 265 of u. s. high schools. Conveyed moral atmosphere in schools by: school and classroom rules, moral orientation of teachers, administrators, text materials. Character education (used in 40 to 50 states) Implement explicit moral code defining sanctions for violations. Encouraged to define own values, understand values of others. Different from character education: does not tell student what values should be. Democracy and justice valued as moral reasoning develops.
