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Evaluating the pilot Narnian Virtues Character Education English Curriculum Project : a study among 11- to 13-year-old students
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Francis, Leslie J., Pike, Mark A., Lickona, Thomas, Lankshear, David W. and Nesfield, Victoria (2018) Evaluating the pilot Narnian Virtues Character Education English Curriculum Project : a study among 11- to 13-year-old students. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 39 (2). pp. 233-249. doi:10.1080/13617672.2018.1434604 ISSN 1469-9362.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2018.1434604
Abstract
In order to evaluate the impact of the pilot Narnian Virtues Character Education English Curriculum Project, a pilot sample of 86 year 7 and year 8 students (11 to 13 years of age) completed a battery of tests both before and after participating for six weeks in the programme. The battery of tests comprised 12 Narnian Character Virtue Scales (NCVS) (to assess the degree to which students saw themselves as behaving virtuously), the Knowledge Index of Narnian Character Virtues (KINCV) (to assess knowledge of virtues gained during the programme), and established measures of personality, happiness, self-esteem, empathy, and religious affect (as control variables). Mean scores were significantly higher at the end of the programme on the KINCV, but on none of the 12 NCVSs, and on none of the control variables. These data suggest that the Narnian Virtues Character Education English Curriculum Project was successful in enhancing knowledge of virtues but not in changing self-perceived behaviour. These findings are consistent both with the general educational principle that education informs understanding prior to affecting behaviour and also with the expectations of the project – that improving virtue literacy and understanding of virtues precedes the practice of virtues.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Literature and morals, Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Chronicles of Narnia., Children's literature -- Moral and ethical aspects, Virtues in literature, Moral education | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Beliefs & Values | ||||||
| Publisher: | Informa UK Limited | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1469-9362 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 8 March 2018 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 39 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 233-249 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/13617672.2018.1434604 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ** From Crossref via Jisc Publications Router. | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 April 2018 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 September 2019 | ||||||
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