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The Process of Moral Decision-Making in a Game-Based Narrative Scenario through the Experience of Future Government Workers
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da Silva, Rafael Leonardo – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
This article describes the results of a qualitative study that aimed at investigating moral decision-making processes of prospective government workers using a game-based tool. Three participants volunteered to participate in the research process, which included playing a short point-and-click narrative game and a focus group. Data was analyzed…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Empathy, Computer Games, Educational Games
Views of Catholic Middle School Students on Handling Peer Aggression
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Khemka, Ishita; Hickson, Linda; Gilic, Lina – Journal of Catholic Education, 2022
Aggression toward peers who are perceived as weaker or different is a widespread problem for middle school students including those attending Catholic middle schools. Middle school students' normative beliefs about the acceptability of various types of aggressive behavior influences their own potential involvement in bullying. Therefore, how…
Descriptors: Aggression, Bullying, Middle School Students, Catholic Schools
Moral Reasoning in Peer Conversations during Game-Based Learning: An Exploratory Study
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Ilten-Gee, Robyn; Hilliard, Lacey J. – Journal of Moral Education, 2021
This mixed-methods study is an exploration of fifth and sixth grade students' interactions with an online game called "Quandary," a comic-book-esque game aimed at stimulating ethical decision-making. Building on the domain-based moral education framework, researchers designed and implemented a short-term intervention in three classrooms…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Thinking Skills, Values Education
Student Empowerment in a Constructivist Values Learning Environment for a Healthy and Sustainable World
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Rahmawati, Yuli; Taylor, Elisabeth; Taylor, Peter Charles; Koul, Rekha – Learning Environments Research, 2021
Civic education is a moral development imperative of the Indonesian national curriculum and the United Nation's policy on education for sustainable development. It was within this context that we investigated the impact of ethical dilemma story pedagogy (EDSP) on student learning in a constructivist Indonesian STEM learning environment. EDSP uses…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Middle School Students, Constructivism (Learning), Values Education
Normative Value Conceptions of Modern Parents, Teachers, and Educators (Analysis of Moral Value Judgments)
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Shelina, S. L.; Mitina, O. V. – Russian Education & Society, 2015
The article presents the results of an analysis of the moral value judgments of adults (parents, teachers, educators) that directly concern the socialization process of the young generation in the modern metropolis. This paper follows the model study by Jean Piaget that investigated the moral value judgments of children. A comparative analysis of…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Parent Attitudes, Socialization, Decision Making
Developing and Testing a Scale of Moral Thinking and Communication (MTC) Functioning: A Preliminary Study and Its Implications for Moral Development and Education
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Lee, Chi-Ming Angela; Thoma, Stephen J. – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to develop and test a scale assessing students' moral thinking and communication (MTC) functioning as well as to explore the implications for moral development and education. The rationale of MTC functioning, including interaction of four independent competencies: moral awareness, moral judgement, moral discourse, and…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Ethics, Foreign Countries