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| Personal Name | Evangelista, Francis Julius N. |
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| Resource Title | Moral reasoning of college students: implications for moral education |
| Date Issued | October 2004 |
| Abstract | The study looked into the characteristics of the moral reasoning of college students, particularly the kind of ethical orientation they use when dealing with moral issues and dilemmas. It has been theorized that males and females differ in their moral thinking in that generally males are justice-oriented and females are care-oriented. Such view questioned and challenged the validity and adequacy of mainstream theories in philosophy and psychology regarding moral reasoning and development which are basically justice-oriented and, thus, are claimed to be gender-biased. In this regard, the study specifically sought to find out if there is a significant difference in the moral orientation of male and female college students. It also sought to know if their moral orientation is consistent when they deal with different moral dilemmas and if there is a relation between their moral orientation and their socio-cultural, spiritual and educational background. The study used a quantitative methodology, supplemented by qualitative data. Three hundred twelve college students from four different schools participated in the study. One hundred forty-five are male and one hundred sixty-seven are female. Their ages ranged from seventeen to twenty-three. To gather the data for the study a researcher-made questionnaire was used which has an open-ended part and an objective part. The instrument basically aims to understand the mora! orientation of the respondents by asking them to resolve certain moral dilemmas. Data analysis mainly involves, in the open-ended part, evaluating their responses and analyzing the values and concepts they used to resolve the dilemmas, and in the objective part, examining how they rated certain reasons in support of particular moral actions. Paired-sample t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson R were the statistical techniques used to analyze the data. Results of the study showed that there is no significant difference between the moral orientation of male and |
| Degree Course | Doctor of Philosophy in Education Major in History and Philosophy of Education |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | moral education, moral reasoning, ethical orientation, college students, conduct of life, moral issues |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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