Download Becoming A Brilliant Star: Introduction

Becoming A Brilliant Star
William G. Huitt, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology & Guidance
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
Take a moment to reflect on
what you see in this graphic.
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There is much discussion in education
and psychology about the need to
"develop the whole child."
But what exactly does that mean?
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In order to answer that question
one needs to have some view of the
nature of a human being and the
purpose of this life.
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The Brilliant Star framework is designed to
provide a guide for parents, educators, and
others responsible for developing the qualities of
children and youth to:
• Develop educational and schooling
curricula
• Select pedagogical methods and materials
• Identify methods of assessment and
evaluation
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The Brilliant Star approach focuses attention
on three critical issues facing young people
today:
• Vision
• Moral character
• Competence
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Vision
Dreams and goals of what
is possible and desirable to
do
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Moral
Character
The habits or patterns of
thinking, feeling, willing,
and behaving that relate to
right and wrong, to justice
and equity, and to morality
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Competence
The knowledge, values,
attitudes, and skills that
link to successful
performance
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All three issues are intertwined and difficult
to isolate, although our experience suggests
these can be observed separately in people.
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Core elements:
• Soul
Spiritual
• Relationships with self,
others, and unknowns
• Purpose of life
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Core elements:
• Being good
Moral
Character
• Morality
• Ethics
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Core elements:
• Temperament
Personal
Style
• Personality
• Learning style
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal):
• Bodily functioning
Physical
• Relation to nature
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal):
• Perceiving
Awareness
• Initial understanding
• Consciousness
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal):
• Thinking
Cognition
• Reasoning
• Knowledge base
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal):
Affect
• Emotions
• Values
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal):
• Will
Conation
• Volition
• Self-regulation
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external):
• Mate selection
Family
• Spousal relationships
• Parenting
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external):
• Establishing friendships
Friends
• Maintaining friendships
• Networking
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external):
Work
and
Career
• Training
• Job
• Entrepreneurship
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external):
Wealth
and
Finances
• Definition of true wealth
• Material wealth
• Stewardship
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external):
• Sustainable development
Social
• Global and domestic
citizenship
• Equity of gender and
ethnicity
The Brilliant Star Model
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Vision relates to all of these domains in that
one's ideas about possibilities and desires
leads one to set goals and strive for
excellence in each area.
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A person's moral character is seen as
foundational to development in the ten domains
of competence.
– character is associated with the quality
of one's life, especially in terms of
moral and ethical decisions and actions
– data regarding character must come
from actual behavior or, at a minimum,
reports of actual behavior
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WYMIWYG
What You Measure Is What You Get
– any construct or domain that is not
consistently attended to through assessment
and evaluation will decline rather than
develop
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Individual seen as living system interacting
with the social and cultural context in which
one lives
Must maintain a reciprocal, homeodynamic
relationship with demands of the environment
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A variety of educational programs have been
developed to address the important concerns
of vision, character, and competence.
Unfortunately, many of these programs have
been a disappointment to their founders.
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One reason may be that most programs have
focused on one aspect or domain (e.g.,
academic achievement or self-esteem or
character).
Another reason may be that the programs
were not founded on the best information
provided through scientific investigation and
research.
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However, a third reason may be that the
programs were founded ONLY on the
principles of science.
Fundamental truths regarding human
existence, grounded in a philosophy and
utilizing other sources of knowledge were not
considered.
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