Next Steps for Research on SACD Programs: Embracing Complexity

Autor/inn/en	Atkins, Marc S.; Shernoff, Elisa S.; Marinez-Lora, Ane
Titel	Next Steps for Research on SACD Programs: Embracing Complexity
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Character Education, 7 (2009) 2, S.119-126 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1543-1223
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Student Behavior; Theory Practice Relationship; Social Development; Program Effectiveness; Academic Achievement; Outcomes of Education; Educational Environment; Intervention; Context Effect; Interpersonal Competence; Personality Development; Program Evaluation; Values Education; Alignment (Education) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Soziale Entwicklung; Schulleistung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Personalilty development; Persönlichkeitsbildung; Persönlichkeitsentwicklung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Werterziehung
Abstract	This commentary focuses on the promises and challenges facing the Social and Character Development (SACD) consortium in evaluating the effectiveness of seven universal SACD programs designed to enhance student behavior and school climate under conditions of real world practice. In this commentary, we highlight that the opportunity costs associated with SACD programs necessitates establishing their unique contributions over and above alternative academically-focused interventions, and that evidence for extensive adaptations in the implementation of the SACD programs can inform the development of contextually relevant and sustainable interventions. Suggestions are made for a hybrid approach to evaluating the core questions posed by the SACD programs that allows for rigorous examination of the natural conditions under which these interventions are implemented. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10