Student Development Theoretical PErspective
Student Development Theoretical PErspective. Instructor Course. Introduction. Student development theory and research is the basis of the student affairs profession in the college setting.
Student Development Theoretical PErspective
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Student DevelopmentTheoretical PErspective InstructorCourse
Introduction • Student development theory and research is the basis of the student affairs profession in the college setting. • It provides us with data that allows us to place students we work with on a scale of “human development continuum” (DiCaprio 1974, as sited in Forney, Evans & GuidoDiBrito, 1998)
Schools of thought • Four main schools of thought: • Psychological theories • Cognitive and Moral Development theories • Typology Theories • Person-Environment Theories
Psychological Theories • Personal and interpersonal perspective to development • Biological and psychological convergence (Evans, Forney, & Guido-DiBrito, 1998)
Erik Erikson’s Eight stages of identity development • Infancy: trust vs. mistrust • Younger years: Autonomy vs. shame • Early Childhood: Initiative vs. guilt • Middle Childhood: Industry vs. Inferiority • Adolescence: Identity vs. diffusion • Early Adulthood: Intimacy vs. Isolation • Middle Adulthood: Generativity vs. Stagnation • Later Adulthood: Integrity vs. Despair (Erikson,1959)
Arthur Chickering The seven vectors • Developing Competence • Managing Emotions • Moving through autonomy • Developing mature interpersonal Relationships • Establishing identity • Developing purpose • Developing integrity (Chickering, 1990)
Janet Helms • Phase 1: Abandonment of Racism • Status 1: Contact • Status 2: Disintegration • Status 3: Reintegration • Phase 2: Defining a Nonracist White Identity • Status 4: Pseudo-Independence • Status 5: Immersion-Emersion • Status 6: Autonomy
Cognitive and Moral Development • These theories study the world view of individuals • How individuals develop cognitively and intellectually • It is a study of process not content (Evans et al.,1998)
William Perry Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development, 9 stages in three groups: (Perry, 1970)
Lawrence Kohlberg Six stages in three levels • Pre-conventional • Stage 1: Egotistical Morality • Stage 2: Relative, Instrumental Morality • Conventional • Stage 3: Behavioral Morality • Stage 4: Legal Morality • Post Conventional • Stage 5: Social Morality • Stage 6: of Universal Morality
Carol Gilligan Three levels with two transition periods: • Level 1: Orientation to Individual Survival • Transition 1: From Selfishness to Responsibility • Level 2: Goodness as Self-Sacrifice • Transition 2: From Goodness to Truth • Level 3: The Morality of Nonviolence
Typological Theories • These theories are primarily concerned with individual differences and how different people view and interpret the world around them (Evans et al.,1998).
John Holland Six personality types: • Realistic • Investigative • Artistic • Social • Enterprising • Conventional
David Kolb Learning Styles: • Diverging • Assimilating • Converging • Accommodating
Myers-Briggs The four dichotomies: • Extraversion/Introversion • Sensing/Intuitive • Thinking/Feeling • Judging/Perceiving
Person-Environment Theories • These theories examine the relationship between the individual and his/her environment and how one interact and affect the other
Alexander Astin • Three elements: I-E-O • Inputs • Environment • Outcomes • Involvement • Investment of psychosocial and physical energy • Involvement is continuous, students invest varying energy • Involvement has qualitative and quantitative features • Development directly proportional to quality and quantity of involvement • Educational effectiveness is related to level of student involvement
Vincent Tinto • Pre-entry Attributes • Goals/Commitments • Institutional Experiences • Integration • Outcomes
Ernest Pascarella Five sets of variables • Student Background/Pre-college Traits • Structural/Organizational Characteristics • Institutional Environments • Interactions with Agents of Socialization • Quality of Student Effort
References Chickering, A. W. (1990). Education and Identity. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Evans, N.J., Forney, D.S., & Guido-DiBrito, F. (1998). Student development in college: Theory, research, and practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Pascarella, E.T., & Terenzini, P.T. (2005). How college affects students: A third decade of research. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
References Perry, W. G. (1970). Forms of intellectual and ethical development in the college years: A scheme. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Sandeen, A. (1991). The Professional Student Affairs Administrator. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.