Journal article
Being Smart Is Not Enough to Ensure Success: Integrating Personal Development into a General Education Course
The Journal of general education (University Park, Pa.), Vol.65(3), pp.241-263
2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/119625
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.
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- Title
- Being Smart Is Not Enough to Ensure Success: Integrating Personal Development into a General Education Course
- Creators
- Anna Petra Whitehall - Washington State UniversityLaura G Hill - Washington State UniversityDenise M Yost - Washington State UniversityKimberlee K Kidwell - College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
- Publication Details
- The Journal of general education (University Park, Pa.), Vol.65(3), pp.241-263
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Publisher
- Penn State University Press
- Identifiers
- 99900871413001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article