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Humanistic School Culture and Social 21st Century Skills

Leach, Nicole
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1333669153

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2012, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, EDU Policy and Leadership.
At their core, the essence of the Humanism movement and the 21st century skills movement share the same goal – both are concerned with promoting the education of people to be critically thinking and socially conscious citizens (Aloni, 2002; Balot, 2001; Kane, Berryman, Goslin, & Meltzer, 1990; Knapp, 1964; Lemke, 2002; Powell, 1988). Given the strong similarities in the fundamental objectives of the Humanism movement and the 21st century skills movement, it seems appropriate to question if a humanistic school culture is an appropriate environment to develop Social 21st century skills in students. Therefore, this study examines a school whose self-description is congruent with humanistic school culture and (1) describes how humanistic intentions manifest themselves in the school’s culture, and (2) examines connections between found humanistic school culture characteristics and 21st century skills. Five humanistic school culture characteristics were found: personal student-teacher relationships, community, trust, respect, and consciousness. All humanistic school culture characteristics were found to have relationships with 21st century skills: personal student-teacher relationships and Foundational 21st century skills, community and collaboration, community and sociability, community and communication, trust and decision-making, respect and collaboration, and consciousness and social responsibility. The significance of this study is in its’ ability to combine the two literatures in a manner that informs both while creating an unexplored line of thought.
Lynley Anderman (Advisor)
Sebnem Cilesiz (Committee Member)
96 p.
Educational Psychology
humanistic school culture; 21st century skills

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  • Leach, N. (2012). Humanistic School Culture and Social 21st Century Skills [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1333669153

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Leach, Nicole. Humanistic School Culture and Social 21st Century Skills. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1333669153.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Leach, Nicole. "Humanistic School Culture and Social 21st Century Skills." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1333669153

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