Date
4-2014
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Chair
Leldon Nichols
Keywords
Character Education, Social Studies, Storytelling
Disciplines
Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Educational Methods
Recommended Citation
Long, Russell, "A Quasi-Experimental Control Group Design Study to Determine the Effect of Integrating Character Education into a High School Social Studies Curriculum through Storytelling" (2014). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 856.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/856
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to offer evidence for the development of student character through the integration of historical storytelling into a social studies classroom. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to determine the effect of character education through historical storytelling integrated into a United States history curriculum on student commitment to ethical goodness. The study took place in a public high school in Savannah, Georgia. Student commitment to ethical goodness was measured by a paired samples t-test on pretests and post-tests taken by students. The overall study demonstrated that participants did not exhibit a statistically significant change in commitment to ethical goodness as a result of these treatments. There was no statistically significant change in either the experimental or the control groups.
