Examining Cross-Age Peer Conversations Relevant to Character: Can a Digital Story About Bullying Promote Students' Understanding of Humility?. Issue 2 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Batanova, Milena; Bowers, Edmond P.; Hilliard, Lacey J.; Tirrell, Jonathan M.; Stacey, Danielle C.; McClain, AnneMarie; Lerner, Richard M.
• Is Part Of: Research in human development. Volume 13:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 111
• Page End: 125
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: Developmental psychology -- Periodicals; Human growth -- Periodicals; 155
• DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2016.1166014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1542-7609

Abstract

Abstract : Successful character education programs are commonly marked by components including conversations about moral issues; however, little is known about what students actually talk about in such programs. Using initial data from the Arthur Interactive Media Buddy Project, this study examined whether a digital comic about bullying generated meaningful conversations surrounding humility. The sample was 52 cross-age peers in elementary school. Analyses involved an iterative, deductive-inductive coding process resulting in a total of ten codes, of which three were most readily identified in peers' conversations: perspective taking, affect labeling, and empathic responding. Limitations and implications relevant to character education are discussed.