Developing and Testing a Scale of Moral Thinking and Communication (MTC) Functioning: A Preliminary Study and Its Implications for Moral Development and Education

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Chi-Ming Angela; Thoma, Stephen J.
Titel	Developing and Testing a Scale of Moral Thinking and Communication (MTC) Functioning: A Preliminary Study and Its Implications for Moral Development and Education
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 38 (2018) 1, S.32-50 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2017.1386618
Schlagwörter	Moral Values; Moral Development; Ethics; Foreign Countries; Cultural Differences; Decision Making; Discourse Analysis; Psychometrics; Educational Philosophy; Scoring Rubrics; Student Attitudes; Seminars; Interviews; Junior High School Students; College Students; Teacher Attitudes; Student Evaluation; Effect Size; Statistical Analysis; Measurement Techniques; Questionnaires; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Moralische Entwicklung; Ethik; Ausland; Kultureller Unterschied; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Diskursanalyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Schülerverhalten; Seminar; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Collegestudent; Lehrerverhalten; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Statistische Analyse; Messtechnik; Fragebogen
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to develop and test a scale assessing students' moral thinking and communication (MTC) functioning as well as to explore the implications for moral development and education. The rationale of MTC functioning, including interaction of four independent competencies: moral awareness, moral judgement, moral discourse, and moral decision-making, is primarily adapted from L. Kohlberg's theory, Neo-Kohlbergian theory, J. Habermas's and K.-O. Apel's discourse ethics, and L. Hinman's ethical pluralism. There were two studies in the development of the measure. The resulting instrument contained four moral dilemmas differing by a focus on micro-moral and macro-moral levels. Findings from the studies indicated the MTC scale has acceptable psychometric properties and describe Taiwanese students as attending to the difficult problems of integrating local and international cultural norms. Additionally, the measure provides a detailed picture of students' moral thinking and communication functioning. These results are discussed in terms of implications for moral theory and assessment of moral education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01