SIGNS OF LEARNING IN THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN

The affective side of student development has become a special concern of schools. We have long acknowledged the role of the home and the ch urch in the formation of basic dispositions, but their influence has w aned because of social changes. The media have an undeniable claim on the amount and type of information given to students; technology has m odified and continues to modify the way knowledge is acquired. In some measure, the affective domain deals with those skills and abilities t hat help students make sense of the world and its often conflicting in formation. Perhaps in the past the schools assumed that children alrea dy possessed desirable behaviors; this project seems th show than assu mption to be unsafe. It says we can identify these abilities, teach th em, and observe their development, This project shows the worth of att ending to affective learning.