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Developing Moral Maturity: An Evaluation of the Media Ethics Course Using the DIT-2
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Auger, Giselle A.; Gee, Charlie – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2016
The purpose of this study was to add to the limited body of knowledge on the effect of the media ethics course, specifically to investigate the effect of the course on the growth in moral judgment reasoning of students through a quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test analysis using the Defining Issues Test 2 (DIT-2). Results demonstrated…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Moral Development, Moral Values, Values
Social Justice Reasoning of Education Undergraduates: Effect of Instruction in Moral Development Theory and Dilemma Discussion in the Asynchronous Online Classroom
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Bell, Patrick E.; Liu, Leping – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2015
This study used a quasi-experimental design to examine whether exposure to moral development theory and dilemma discussion in the asynchronous online learning environment resulted in significant gains in principled moral reasoning (DIT N2-scores) of undergraduate elementary and secondary education students. Participants were undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Values, Undergraduate Students, Logical Thinking
A Framework for the Pedagogy of Accounting Ethics
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Apostolou, Barbara; Dull, Richard B.; Schleifer, Lydia L. F. – Accounting Education, 2013
Faculty tasked with revising the accounting curriculum to incorporate an ethics component may benefit from the experiences reported in the literature. We construct and describe a framework for the pedagogy of accounting ethics based upon extant literature. Our purpose is to present the cumulative contributions to the literature in a fashion that…
Descriptors: Ethics, Accounting, College Faculty, Curriculum Development
Diversity Courses and Students' Moral Reasoning: A Model of Predispositions and Change
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Hurtado, Sylvia; Mayhew, Matthew J.; Engberg, Mark E. – Journal of Moral Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine how moral reasoning develops for 236 students enrolled in either a diversity course or a management course. These courses were compared based on the level of diversity inclusion and type of pedagogy employed in the classroom. We used causal modelling to compare the two types of courses, controlling for the…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Abstract Reasoning, Introductory Courses, Cultural Pluralism
How the First Year of College Influences Moral Reasoning Development for Students in Moral Consolidation and Moral Transition
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Seifert, Tricia A.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
Understanding the developmental issues first-time college students face is critical for scholars and educators interested in learning and development. This purpose of this study was to investigate the differential impact of first-year college experiences on the moral reasoning development of 1,469 students in moral transition versus those in moral…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Moral Values, Thinking Skills, Student Experience
Seamless Integration of Ethics
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Beggs, Jeri Mullins – Marketing Education Review, 2011
The ineffectiveness of business ethics education has received attention from the popular press and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business after repeated ethics scandals. One possibility is that teaching ethics is different from other content areas because ethics is best learned when the student does not know it is being taught.…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Teaching Methods