Abstract

There has recently been a great deal of theoretical interest in the relevance of the intellectual virtues for education, including undergraduate education. This study introduces a novel online module, as part of a larger university-wide initiative, to introduce and potentially inculcate intellectual virtue in students. Using a non-experimental pretest/posttest design, we report pilot results on student satisfaction with the module and gains across several learning outcomes. Using a Bayesian approach, results suggest that the module increases scores on student curiosity, knowledge of virtues, and understanding of their importance to education. Moreover, the data suggest that minority and historically underprivileged subgroups do not experience differential satisfaction with the module. This study thus provides preliminary statistical evidence for scaling up this educational resource. Recommendations for future research are also discussed, with implications for measuring and assessing intellectual virtue, as well as other learning outcomes relevant to higher education.

Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2021.1919988 .

摘要

最近，人们对智力美德与教育（包括本科教育）的相关性产生了极大的理论兴趣。这项研究引入了一个新颖的在线模块，作为一项更大的全校计划的一部分，旨在向学生介绍并可能灌输智力美德。使用非实验性的前测/后测设计，我们报告了学生对该模块的满意度和几个学习成果的收获的试点结果。使用贝叶斯方法，结果表明该模块提高了学生的好奇心、美德知识以及对其对教育重要性的理解的分数。此外，数据表明少数族裔和历史上处于弱势的子群体对该模块的满意度没有差异。因此，这项研究为扩大这种教育资源提供了初步的统计证据。还讨论了对未来研究的建议，以及对衡量和评估智力美德以及与高等教育相关的其他学习成果的影响。

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