1. Literacy and Holistic Development William G. Huitt Valdosta State University Zhang Ruiming Guangzhou University

2. Brilliant Star Framework

3. Core elements –Spirituality –Moral Character –Personal Style

4. Brilliant Star Framework Intrapersonal domains –Physical/psychomotor –Awareness/perceiving –Cognition/thinking –Affect/emotion –Conation/volition

5. Brilliant Star Framework Interpersonal domains –Family –Friends –Career –Finances –Sociocultural

6. Traditional Classroom Instruction Focuses mainly on cognitive domain –Reading/language arts –Mathematics –Social studies –Science

7. Traditional Classroom Instruction Academic and intellectual competencies account for only about 1/3 of variance when attempting to explain adult success

8. Brilliant Star Integrative Reading Project Use reading/language arts activities Develop social capital

9. Lesson Summary Development Book selection –http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/brilstar/ integrative/reading/index.html Lesson summaries developed Connected to other academic areas Uniqueness is simultaneously addressing academic and holistic objectives

10. Classroom Usage Materials easy to use Increased use of children’s literature

11. Developing Social Capital Audio or video recording while reading book Used in classroom during reading time Middle school service learning activity

12. Future Activities Develop school-wide project leadership team Select additional books and write more lesson summaries Record students reading their own books More systematic implementation

13. Summary and Conclusions Restrictions on classroom activities Linking reading/language arts to other content areas well established Extending to more holistic objectives