Teaching humility in first-grade Christian school children

Four classes of first-grade children at a Christian school took pre- and post-tests measuring humility. Two intervention classes had devotional lessons on humility and two comparison classes did not. For one week, devotional lessons featured humility-related children’s literature, cognitively approp...

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VerfasserInnen: Yonker, Julie E. 1961- (VerfasserIn) ; Wielard, Cassie J (VerfasserIn) ; Vos, Carolyn L (VerfasserIn) ; Tudder, Ashley M (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: International journal of Christianity & education
Jahr: 2017, Band: 21, Heft: 1, Seiten: 55-71
weitere Schlagwörter:B Pedagogy
B Devotions
B young children
B Personality
B Character strengths
B Virtues
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Zusammenfassung:Four classes of first-grade children at a Christian school took pre- and post-tests measuring humility. Two intervention classes had devotional lessons on humility and two comparison classes did not. For one week, devotional lessons featured humility-related children’s literature, cognitively appropriate discussions, writing about humility, and teacher-reinforced behaviors of humility. Intervention classes showed a slight increase in humility relative to comparison classes. After statistical control for personality traits of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, increases in humility disappeared; personality could be a mediator of humility assimilation. This research provides feasibility of teaching and measuring humility in young Christian school children.
ISSN:2056-998X
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal of Christianity & education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/2056997116671727