| Title |
Bergin, Leanne Christy_MED_2020 |
| Alternative Title |
Teaching and Measuring Wisdom Among School-Aged Children |
| Collection Name |
Master of Education |
| Description |
Wisdom is a widely understood construct with a variety of definitions that involve different personality constructs, but generally there is agreement that these traits are used towards a purpose of creating a common good. Empirical research has found that the six most common referred to domains of wisdom are general knowledge and social advising, emotional regulation, decisiveness, pro-social behavior, tolerance for divergent values and insight when combined to serve the common good can considered wisdom. Wisdom can be measured, and it can be taught however there are no measures of wisdom designed for children. The purpose of the project is to develop an initial version of a Wisdom Scale for students 8-12 old by defining wisdom constructs and establishing content validity and to create a pedagogically diverse and core-content rich unit of study to teach students through the constructs of the domains to use wise thinking towards creating a common good. Feedback from educators and wisdom scholars were used to design this Youth Wisdom Scale and scoring sheet and to inform the direction of the unit of study and associated lesson plans. The measurement tool and unit of study have the potential to be used to assess and inform strengths and weaknesses, measure intervention efficacy as well as help guide further instruction and make instructional decisions that transcend academics. The measure can also inform differentiation in the classroom and can lead to a better understanding of the learning needs of students. |
| Subject |
Educational evaluation; Education--Research--Methodology |
| Keywords |
wisdom; domains of wisdom; youth wisdom scale; instruction |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Date |
2019 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6cwp8cj |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
96795 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6cwp8cj |
