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Webster, Dustin – Educational Theory, 2021
In this essay Dustin Webster argues that it is not the teaching of academics, but instead contributing to the ethical development of students that allows teachers to flourish in their roles. Engaging in what he calls "ethics education" provides intrinsic value that serves a teacher's flourishing as well as adding instrumental value in…
Descriptors: Ethics, Teaching Methods, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development
Sternberg, Robert J. – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2013
In this article, I consider relationships between creativity and ethics, and how they apply in society. I argue that ethical reasoning requires creative thinking at various junctures. I present an 8-step model of ethical reasoning, delineating how creativity can be applied at various steps. Finally, I draw conclusions about how the model can be…
Descriptors: Creativity, Ethics, Creative Thinking, Abstract Reasoning
Curzer, Howard J.; Sattler, Sabrina; DuPree, Devin G.; Smith-Genthôs, K. Rachelle – Theory and Research in Education, 2014
The ethics assessment industry is currently dominated by the second version of the Defining Issues Test (DIT2). In this article, we describe an alternative assessment instrument called the Sphere-Specific Moral Reasoning and Theory Survey (SMARTS), which measures the respondent's level of moral development in several respects. We describe eight…
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Moral Values, Moral Development
Greer, Jennifer L.; Searby, Linda J.; Thoma, Stephen J. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2015
Purpose: The public expects school leaders to be moral exemplars, yet prior research indicates that teachers and, more recently, school principals may score lower than other career groups on a widely used measure of moral reasoning, the Defining Issues Test. Moreover, little empirical research has been conducted on educators during leadership…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Comparative Analysis, Profiles, Moral Values
Elias, Maurice, Ed. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
The application of social-emotional and character development (SECD) in classrooms is about teaching, practicing, and modeling essential personal and civic life habits and skills that are almost universally understood as making people good human beings. Among these habits are respect, responsibility, integrity, caring, fairness, and constructive…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Integrity, Values Education, Moral Development
Balakrishnan, Vishalache – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2009
Moral Education (ME) in Malaysia has undergone numerous changes and face lifts but still there are complaints about the subject and the latest was how students themselves voiced their opinions that ME is of no use to them. However due to policy and the fact that the subject complements Islamic Studies confirms that the subject is going to be in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development, Secondary Education
Hornak, Anne M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2009
Community colleges have historically been a major gateway to higher education for many students. Students enroll in community college programs and courses for multiple reasons: closeness to home, financial issues, job retraining, remedial work, plans to transfer to a four-year institution, and a love of learning. These divergent goals make…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Ethics, Student Diversity
Schuitema, Jaap; ten Dam, Geert; Veugelers, Wiel – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2008
We present the results of a literature review of studies on teaching strategies for moral education in secondary schools (1995-2003). The majority of the studies focus on the "what" and "why", i.e. the objectives, of curriculum-oriented moral education. Attention to the instructional formats for enhancing the prosocial and moral development of…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Service Learning, Social Influences, Moral Development

Eggleston, Carolyn; Gehring, Thom – Journal of Correctional Education, 1986
The authors present the need for a comprehensive, integrative theory of correctional education. This article applies the paradigm concept to correctional education (CE) in North America. It has five parts: (1) background, (2) paradigm processes, (3) the U.S. CE paradigm, (4) the Canadian CE paradigm, and (5) conclusion. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Decision Making, Educational History

Krawczyk, Rosemary; Kudzma, Elizabeth – Nursing Outlook, 1978
Courses in theoretical ethics are unrelated to the moral delemmas that nurses encounter in practice, according to the authors. They present a method for moral education in nursing curricula utilizing seminars for dilemma discussion that can help students to progress in moral judgment. (MF)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Ethical Instruction, Hospitals

Merelman, Richard M. – Journal of Moral Education, 1979
This paper argues that the moral education approach to social studies is unsound both in its conception of learning and teaching and in its conception of politics. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Bias, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Royal, Chadwick W.; Baker, Stanley B. – Journal of Moral Education, 2005
Eighteen parents participated in a Deliberate Psychological Education program designed to enhance their moral judgement and indirectly influence the moral development of their children. In a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group design, their progress was compared to that of 19 participants in a no-treatment control condition. There was a…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Humanistic Education, Elementary School Students, Control Groups

Enright, Robert D. – Journal of Moral Education, 1981
Discusses an intervention strategy for interpersonal problems in which primary grade students reflect on personal experiences and dilemma stories to increase social cognitive skills. Two first grade classes participated in an experiment applying this intervention method. Findings showed that students' moral judgement, problem-solving skills,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Discipline, Educational Research

Fraenkel, Jack R. – Social Education, 1991
Explores the meaning of distributive justice and considers the importance of teaching the concept in social studies classes. Delineates characteristics of reasonable arguments for treating people differently to bring about justice. Presents situations to generate classroom discussion of the concept of justice. (NL)
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Human Dignity
Kaplan, Martin F. – 1988
Four experiments were conducted to explore issues in the development and modification of both moral choices and judgments of achievement using concepts and data from a social judgment perspective. In the first experiment, college students functioning at different reasoning levels indicated on a 20-point scale their strength of belief that an…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Critical Thinking
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