Building Decision Skills: Teaching Ethical Awareness, Responsibility, and Perspective to High School Students
About the Intervention
Building Decision Skills is a curriculum that aims to develop students' decision-making skills, targeting their knowledge, attitudes, and values. The program includes a teacher's guide, lesson plans, readings, overheads, and handouts, and involves collaborative activities, group problem-solving, communication, and independent thinking. The curriculum can be implemented over a short period or spread out over time, and the Institute for Global Ethics offers on-site professional development workshops and seminars for teachers and students.
Statistical Findings
Positive effect on ethical awareness
Positive effect on ethical responsibility
Positive effect on ethical perspective
Positive effect on social responsibility in school
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Focus Areas
Social-Emotional LearningPrograms & Services
Service LearningDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
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Student(s)Source
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2007). Building Decision Skills. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/102.
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