Final Exit Ticket

Congratulations! You have completed your course on Affective Education. How quickly the time has passed. Each week there was something new to read, process, analyze and evaluate. Believe it or not, I was learning right along with you. How could I not? Considering that many of you provided such rich professional insight. I am a firm believer that it is always good to look at material, theories, and educational frameworks from different perspectives. For that, I thank you. Nonetheless, every course has its highlights; those moments whereby things simply stand-out and make a lot of sense, which leads to our final exit ticket. Please answer the following questions, what was the “ah ha moment for you”? And as a result, what new knowledge have you constructed through our eight week dialogue on Affective Education that strengthened your confidence about teaching moral education?

Albert Bandura

Albert Bandura
Bobo Doll Experiment

Video Link to the Bobo Doll Experiment

Review the video depicting Albert Bandura's Bobo Doll Experiment, which looks at aggression, observational and imitative learning. Share your opinion on how or why this experiment fits (or does not fit) into a discussion about affective education. Be sure to support your opinion. This counts as exit tickets for weeks 5 & 6. I look forward to reading your posts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdh7MngntnI

The Stages of Moral Development

It has been noted that the Domain Theory was established in an attempt to "categorize behaviors into either a moral or social domain"(Freday, 2009), however prior classification systems, such as Kohlberg's theory of moral development, placed morality and social convention in the same developmental domain. Domain theory separates the two and goes on to highlight the differences in a child's development of each (Freday, 2009, para. 2). Do you agree or disagree? Post your views.

With that noted, click on the You Tube link provided. View the Kohlberg video that explores the stages of moral development and post your views and reations to the video in no less than a 100 words. You may use the book or any other reading from class to support your views. Just be inclined to cite your sources. I look forward to reading your post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY4etXWYS84

Friday, November 13, 2009

Moral Dilemma Video- Matt

There are pros and cons to this video. The pros were that this study brought about some enlightening answers. Some of the interviewees, in my opinion, had solid reasoning for why they answered "No," including the man who is the second interviewee, saying that life would be chaotic if we all did what we wanted without adherence to rules and laws. The dark haired woman who is the fifth interviewee noted that although one can see the love the husband has for his wife, the consequences of getting caught stealing would add even more stress to the situation and in my opinion, cause the wife additional pain.

However, I do agree with Julie, that the interviewer was interjecting herself at times into the study. Suggesting to a young, impressionable boy that the husband should turn himself in, of course, the boy is going to agree with the interviewer. Leading someone on, in that matter, contaminates the study. With regard to the first interviewee, I saw someone in the background and heard someone that was not part of the study laughing during the questioning. One should remove all possible distractions when trying to get the best results from a study like this. I also agree with Julie about diversification. Bringing in more female youngsters as well as different races to the mix could possibly make the study more profound.

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