A healthy personality has a marketable value in contemporary complex society, highly prized and sought after. Today all the social conditions are changed extensively and rapidly, and in practically every life role, personality is of major significance...
A healthy personality has a marketable value in contemporary complex society, highly prized and sought after. Today all the social conditions are changed extensively and rapidly, and in practically every life role, personality is of major significance. The social studies program should be help future citizen to become rational decision-makers so that they can resolve personal problems and influence public policy through effective social actions. On the ground of our social situation and these educational motivations, the purpose of this study is intended to investigate, ① the personality patterns and the self-concept, ② some personality theories related to the citizenship education, and ③ the differences in personality patterns. Based on the results above, this study suggests some educational tasks and methods to develop healthy personality in the citizenship education. The methods and strategies for them are as follows ; 1) Organize the available program to develop healthy personalities in due regard to the developmental stages and characteristics of the students. 2) Modify the program`s structure and it`s objectives in view of students. 3) Use inductive methods, problem-solving case studies, and other approaches in which the students find their own answers. 4) Use group procedures such as role playing and discussion groups. 5) Contrive incidents for the students to discuss and draw conclusions from. 6) Utilize the activities of discussion, social survey and observation, the field trips and so forth. 7) Help the students examine repeated behaviors or patterns in their lives.