Becoming A Brilliant Star: Introduction

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Becoming A Brilliant Star
William G. Huitt, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology Guidance
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
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Take a moment to reflect on what you see in this
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There is much discussion in education and
psychology about the need to "develop the whole
child."
But what exactly does that mean?
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In order to answer that question one needs to
have some view of the nature of a human being and
the purpose of this life.
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The Brilliant Star framework is designed to
provide a guide for parents, educators, and
others responsible for developing the qualities
of children and youth to

• Develop educational and schooling curricula
• Select pedagogical methods and materials
• Identify methods of assessment and evaluation

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The Brilliant Star approach focuses attention on
three critical issues facing young people today

• Vision

• Moral character

• Competence

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Dreams and goals of what is possible and
desirable to do
Vision
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The habits or patterns of thinking, feeling,
willing, and behaving that relate to right and
wrong, to justice and equity, and to morality
Moral Character
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The knowledge, values, attitudes, and skills that
link to successful performance
Competence
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All three issues are intertwined and difficult to
isolate, although our experience suggests these
can be observed separately in people.
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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Core elements

• Soul

• Relationships with self, others, and unknowns

Spiritual

• Purpose of life

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Core elements

• Being good

Moral Character

• Morality

• Ethics

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Core elements

• Temperament

Personal Style

• Personality

• Learning style

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal)

• Bodily functioning

Physical

• Relation to nature

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal)

• Perceiving

Awareness

• Initial understanding

• Consciousness

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal)

• Thinking

Cognition

• Reasoning

• Knowledge base

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal)

• Emotions

Affect

• Values

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more internal)

• Will

Conation

• Volition

• Self-regulation

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external)

• Mate selection

Family

• Spousal relationships

• Parenting

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external)

• Establishing friendships

Friends

• Maintaining friendships

• Networking

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external)

• Training

Work and Career

• Job

• Entrepreneurship

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external)

• Definition of true wealth

Wealth and Finances

• Material wealth

• Stewardship

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The Brilliant Star is comprised of three core
elements and ten domains.
Ten domains (5 are more external)

• Sustainable development

• Global and domestic citizenship

Social

• Equity of gender and ethnicity

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The Brilliant Star Model
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Vision relates to all of these domains in that
one's ideas about possibilities and desires leads
one to set goals and strive for excellence in
each area.
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A person's moral character is seen as
foundational to development in the ten domains of
competence.

• character is associated with the quality of one's
  life, especially in terms of moral and ethical
  decisions and actions

• data regarding character must come from actual
  behavior or, at a minimum, reports of actual
  behavior

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WYMIWYG What You Measure Is What You Get

• any construct or domain that is not consistently
  attended to through assessment and evaluation
  will decline rather than develop

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Individual seen as living system interacting with
the social and cultural context in which one
lives
Must maintain a reciprocal, homeodynamic
relationship with demands of the environment
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A variety of educational programs have been
developed to address the important concerns of
vision, character, and competence.
Unfortunately, many of these programs have been a
disappointment to their founders.
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One reason may be that most programs have focused
on one aspect or domain (e.g., academic
achievement or self-esteem or character).
Another reason may be that the programs were not
founded on the best information provided through
scientific investigation and research.
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However, a third reason may be that the programs
were founded ONLY on the principles of science.
Fundamental truths regarding human existence,
grounded in a philosophy and utilizing other
sources of knowledge were not considered.
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