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Shand, Rory; Howell, Kerry E. – Teaching Public Administration, 2015
This article intends to raise a number of issues regarding teaching public administration in the higher education sector and the value it has for individuals and society. The article explores the issue of value with reference to the teaching and learning of Public Administration as a discipline in the wider societal context. The article argues…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Value Judgment
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1991
The 45 tests described in this bibliography assess the moral development and values of populations at all age and grade levels (particularly target toward those above grade 7). Some of the instruments consist of questions that pose moral problems and respondents must select a solution. Several of the tests are concerned about professional ethics.…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Ethics, Higher Education
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Conroy, James C. – Journal of Moral Education, 1999
Analyzes the confusion in the language of political economy in Great Britain that generates and sustains moral infantilism in the civil polity. Critiques the limits of recent approaches to moral education. Sketches the relationship between the use of interpretative understanding and Jungian insights in support of poetry in moral engagement.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Practices, Ethical Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Coldron, John; Smith, Robin – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1999
Attempts to construct an account of how teachers acquire their professional identities as a means to informing professional development. Discusses four significant traditions (craft, scientific, moral, and artistic) in education. Considers implications for practice. (CMK)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Educational Practices, Higher Education, Individual Development
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Thoma, Stephen J. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1993
Investigated the relationship between 18-23 year olds' moral judgments and political choices. Surveyed 128 subjects about their perceptions of election issues, candidates, and voting intentions 2 weeks before the 1988 U.S. presidential election. Found significant relationships between subjects' moral development, as measured by the Defining Issues…
Descriptors: Elections, Higher Education, Individual Development, Moral Values
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Armon, Cheryl – Journal of Moral Education, 1998
Reports on two studies of adult moral development, experiences, and education: (1) a longitudinal investigation of moral judgment and reported moral experience and (2) an outcome study on the impact of a moral intervention project with adult undergraduate students. Provides some conclusions applicable to teaching adult moral development. (DSK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ethical Instruction, Higher Education, Individual Development
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Vreeke, G. J. – Journal of Moral Education, 1991
Discusses Gilligan's explanation of the distinction between justice and care. Describes how she contrasts the two notions and explores the possibility of encompassing care within Piagetian developmental theory. Reviews Gilligan's position on justice and care as different forms of moral judgment. Examines different interpretations of universality…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Ethics, Higher Education
Turner, C. M. – 1988
Teaching moral behavior in schools is particularly difficult today because there is a diversity of standards reflecting the diverse elements of the culture. Even if consensus on morality could be assumed, however, past experience suggests that students would reject much of it, and neither arguing with them nor joining their rebellion is…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Ethical Instruction
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Brown, Scott C.; Greene, Jeffrey A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
In a previous study, a conceptual model of wisdom was created (Brown, 2004a) to better understand integrated learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to measure this wisdom construct. This article discusses salient aspects of the extant professional literature regarding the measurement of wisdom and details the efforts to…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Models