Guiding Youth to Noble Goals: A Practitioner Perspective

Purpose is conceptualized as an intention to make meaning for self and to contribute to a greater world. Purpose in youth is critical to well-being, especially in the areas of good health and overall life satisfaction. An intentional set of strategies can be employed by educators to infuse and integ...

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Published inJournal of Character Education Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 91 - 102
Main Authors Stillman, Susan, Martinez, Lorea
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greenwich IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc 01.07.2019
Information Age Publishing
Subjects
Beginning Teachers
Career Choice
Child development
Classroom Techniques
Classrooms
Competence
Curricula
Curriculum Development
Elementary Secondary Education
Emotional Intelligence
Ethical Instruction
Faculty Development
Futures (of Society)
Goal Orientation
Goal setting
Intention
Learning
Life Satisfaction
Management Systems
Moral education
Role Perception
School environment
Schools
Self Concept
Social Class
Social Emotional Learning
Stress Variables
Student Development
Students
Teacher Education Programs
Teacher Improvement
Teacher Role
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Values
Values Education
Well Being
Young Children
New York
United States > US
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Summary:Purpose is conceptualized as an intention to make meaning for self and to contribute to a greater world. Purpose in youth is critical to well-being, especially in the areas of good health and overall life satisfaction. An intentional set of strategies can be employed by educators to infuse and integrate purpose into youth development, individually, in groups, in classroom curriculum, and in schoolwide programming. A specific EQ framework that incorporates purpose, the Six Seconds emotional intelligence model, is presented. We demonstrate ways purpose can be infused into youth development, classroom practices, and schoolwide structures, supported by the use of assessments for students and adults. Teacher education programs can support beginning teachers in their own development of purpose, while in-service continuing education programs help teachers alleviate stress and remember the reason for their choice of profession. Engaging with the concept of purpose imbues students with meaning making and supports their developing ability to define their role in creating a better society, now and in the future.
ISSN:1543-1223