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Teaching Values Through The Moral Dilemma Approach in Social Studies Course
Abstract
The aim of this study is to demonstrate experimentally how to be gained of values which are
anticipated to teach in Social Studies curriculum, through the approach of moral dilemma and to reveal the impact of
this approach on students' moral thinking processes. In this study, three values “responsibility, helpfulness and
sensitivity to the natural environment” were selected that were targeted to teach in six grade social studies course. As
a tool of data collection in research, moral dilemma scenarios which were prepared by the researchers, was used.
Themes were formed in accordance with Kohlberg's Moral Development Theory while content analysis method that
was chosen for analysis of obtained data, was performing. In conclusion, it was observed that moral assessments of
participants were in conventional level mostly. Findings showed that moral dilemmas used in the application make
students to think about reasons for their decisions and developed their moral reasoning ability.
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English
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Publication Date
September 1, 2014
Submission Date
September 1, 2014
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Published in Issue
Year 2014 Volume: 7 Number: 3