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Najih, Moh.; Wiryani, Fifik – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: The sole objective of the current study is to determine the impact of anti-corruption awareness and the anti- corruption initiatives on ethical values and the citizenship behavior. Research Methodology: In a quantitative paradigm, the mediating role of ethical values is examined between anti-corruption awareness, anti-corruption…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Social Problems, Deception, Prevention
Healey, Ruth L.; Ribchester, Chris – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores the effectiveness of a tutorial-based approach in supporting the development of geography undergraduates' ethical thinking. It was found that overall the intervention had a statistically significant impact on students' ethical thinking scores as assessed using a Meta-Ethical Questionnaire. The initiative led to a convergence of…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Undergraduate Students, Ethical Instruction, Intervention
Lickona, Thomas – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Changes in American sexual behavior brought about by the sexual revolution have been linked to the breakdown of the family and other social ills. Because sex has profound consequences for self, others, and society, sex education is an important part of character education. Sexual abstinence before marriage is associated with better physical and…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Behavior Change, Sex Education, Moral Development
Surface, Jeanne L. – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2009
In this distrustful, unstable, and ethically polarized era, there is a need to prepare school administrators to resolve a myriad of moral dilemmas. As professors of school administration, how can we make sure that our future leaders have the capacity to make thoughtful, ethical decisions? How do we prepare these leaders to develop, foster and lead…
Descriptors: School Administration, Administrator Education, Ethics, Ethical Instruction
Templin, Carl R.; Christensen, David – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
This paper reports the results of a ten-year effort to establish ethics as a learning objective for all business students, to assess the effectiveness in achieving that learning objective and to incorporate ethical conduct as a part of the school's organizational culture. First, it addresses the importance of ethics instruction for all business…
Descriptors: Ethics, Teaching Methods, Student Evaluation, Educational Practices
Haines, Allan; Jackson, Merrill – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1981
To assess the effectiveness of a direct and a general instruction program, 108 educable mentally retarded children (11 to 16 years old) were confronted with a series of hypothetical temptation-to-steal dilemmas. A three-month followup indicated that the improvement made by the direct instruction group was maintained. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Mild Mental Retardation, Moral Development

Faust, David; Arbuthnot, Jack – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Investigates the hypothesis that those individuals who have not reached their full potential in moral reasoning given the limits set by their stage of Piagetian development would advance significantly more than those who have reached their potential in response to a moral education program. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Developmental Stages, Ethical Instruction

Isaksson, Andri – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1979
The main assumptions and categories of Kohlberg's theory are outlined. New empirical studies and critical reviews are discussed, and their implications assessed. The relevance of the theory to moral education is seen as self-evident. The conditions for the efficacy of moral education programs are discussed. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Ethical Instruction, Models, Moral Development

Bear, George G.; And Others – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1983
Examined the usefulness of two models of affective or values education: Kohlberg's Cognitive-Development Model and Gordon's Effectiveness Training Model. After completing the Kohlberg program elementary school students (N=178) tended to verbalize higher stages of moral reasoning. Gains in self-esteem were higher among Effectiveness Training…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Susky, John E. – Journal of Thought, 1979
Critiquing Skinner's and Kohlberg's moral development theories as inadequate, the author asserts that affective development (compassion, empathy, caring) is necessary to moral action. While saying that schools are limited in their ability to provide moral education, he outlines qualities of an educational environment which could facilitate moral…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Educational Environment, Elementary Education

Hayden, Brian; Pickar, Daniel – Journal of Moral Education, 1981
This study of seventh-grade girls replicated a 1975 Blatt and Kohlberg study. Experimental subjects received a ten-week moral education program; controls discussed nonmoral issues in English class. Results indicated that the moral education program, even in this brief time period, increased moral judgment. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Ethical Instruction, Females

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

Leming, James S. – Journal of Moral Education, 1981
A total of 59 studies were reviewed, 33 focusing on values clarification and 26 on moral development. The research on values clarification indicated that little or no confidence is warranted regarding its potential curricular effectiveness. However, the research base for the moral development approach indicated that cautious optimism is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Higher Education

Lawrence, Jeanette A. – Journal of Moral Education, 1980
Fourteen moral judgment intervention studies are reviewed and evaluated to address two questions: "Is it possible to stimulate moral judgment development in an educational setting?" and "Does the Defining Issues Test index such moral judgment changes?" These studies affirm the second question. Half of them produced significant…
Descriptors: Adults, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmental Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Lickona, Thomas; Skillen, James W. – Momentum, 1993
Provides a point/counterpoint investigation into appropriateness of character education as a function of public schools. Lickona describes the implementation and success of various character education curricula across the country, while Skillen suggests that public schools may not be sufficiently pluralistic in their approach to support such…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development, Moral Values
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