Date of Award
1-2016
Document Type
Action Research Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Education, Montessori
First Advisor
Amanda Perna
Department/School
Montessori Elementary Education, Elementary Education
Abstract
The addition of character education to school curricula has become an increasingly popular response to today’s heightened emphasis for students to succeed on academic high stake tests, leaving little regard for the development of social-emotional competencies. The purpose of this research was to study the effects of character education on the social-emotional behavior of elementary students in a private Montessori school. The study consisted of 18 students in a grade 1-4 classroom over a period of five weeks. Data was collected through daily tallying of negative behavior and through incident forms as well as student pre- and post-test evaluations regarding self and social awareness. Findings indicated that negative behaviors decreased overall and that student understanding of values improved. In addition, the data also indicated that there remains a need for character education to continue for more definitive results.
Recommended Citation
Dodds, Diane M.. (2016). The Effects of Character Education on Social-Emotional Behavior. Retrieved from Sophia, the St. Catherine University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/maed/137