Being Smart Is Not Enough to Ensure Success: Integrating Personal Development into a General Education Course

Autor/inn/en	Whitehall, Anna Petra; Hill, Laura G.; Yost, Denise M.; Kidwell, Kimberlee K.
Titel	Being Smart Is Not Enough to Ensure Success: Integrating Personal Development into a General Education Course
Quelle	In: Journal of General Education, 65 (2016) 3-4, S.241-263 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-3667
Schlagwörter	General Education; Skill Development; Undergraduate Study; Leadership Qualities; Coping; Well Being; Quasiexperimental Design; Program Effectiveness; Social Integration; Communication Skills; Group Activities; Experiential Learning; Psychological Patterns; Cognitive Processes; Mental Health; Hypothesis Testing; Pretests Posttests; Scores; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Grundstudium; Führungseigenschaft; Bewältigung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Soziale Integration; Kommunikationsstil; Gruppenaktivität; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Psychohygiene; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Fragebogen
Abstract	Life skills, including conflict management, flexibility in response to change, and effective communication, are critical to success in college and career. Most university administrators and employers believe that students should learn foundational life skills in college, but for the most part universities do not explicitly teach these skills as part of the general undergraduate education experience. The goal of the present study was to examine whether personal development can be effectively fostered in a general education course. It reports on a theory-based course designed to increase leadership, adaptive coping skills, and mental well-being. It also demonstrates through a quasi-experiment that participation in this course is related to social and psychological outcomes such as increased adaptability to change and social integration. These skills will support students in being successful in college and beyond. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01