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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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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Eylül 2014
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Eylül 2014
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2014 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 3