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Weaver, Megan D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Chief Academic Officers (CAO) are leaders in institutions of higher education and have wide decision-making scope. Previous research has clearly demonstrated the need for leaders to engage in ethical decision-making. Moral judgments are an aspect of ethical decision-making, so it is important for CAOs to make moral judgments. This study examined…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Deans, Ethics, College Administration
Riegle, Sandra E.; Frye, Ann W.; Glenn, Jason; Smith, Kirk L. – Online Submission, 2012
Teachers tasked with developing moral character in future physicians face an array of pedagogic challenges, among them identifying tools to measure progress in instilling the requisite skill set. One validated instrument for assessing moral judgment is the Defining Issues Test (DIT-2). Based on the work of Lawrence Kohlberg, the test's main…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Physicians, Statistical Analysis
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Bosco, Susan M.; Melchar, David E.; Beauvais, Laura L.; Desplaces, David E. – Ethics and Education, 2010
This study investigates the effectiveness of pedagogical practices used to teach business ethics. The business community has greatly increased its demands for better ethics education in business programs. Educators have generally agreed that the ethical principles of business people have declined. It is important, then, to examine how common…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Business Education, Value Judgment, Ethics
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Oja, Sharon Nodie; Graham, Suzanne E.; Andrew, Michael D. – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2011
The goal of this study was to investigate how moral development changes over time for teacher education master's students during their year-long internship. Data on the Defining Issues Test-2 was collected at three points in time during the full-year teaching internships (beginning, end of first semester, and end of second semester). These…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Attitude Change, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Bunch, Wilton H. – Journal of Moral Education, 2005
Gains in moral judgement, as measured by the Defining Issues Test (DIT), correlate strongly with advancing education. Curricula that are strongly biblically based may not promote, and students with a strong fundamentalist orientation may not demonstrate, such moral growth. Students at an interdenominational, but very conservative seminary,…
Descriptors: Ethics, Moral Development, Moral Values, Student Attitudes