Real-Life Dilemma Resolution among Malaysian Adolescents: A Case Study

Autor/in	Balakrishnan, Vishalache
Titel	Real-Life Dilemma Resolution among Malaysian Adolescents: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Technology, 8 (2011) 2, S.48-66 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-0559
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Problems; Conflict Resolution; Secondary School Students; Adolescents; Ethical Instruction; Cultural Background; Ethnic Groups; Muslims; Ethnicity; Participatory Research; Action Research; Personal Autonomy; Cultural Influences; Interpersonal Competence; Trust (Psychology); Responsibility; Freedom; Social Attitudes; Religious Factors; Family Influence; Moral Values; Decision Making; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Problemsituation; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Sekundarschüler; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Ethnie; Muslim; Muslimin; Ethnizität; Forschungstätigkeit; Projektforschung; Individuelle Autonomie; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Freiheit; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	This paper is based on a participatory action research. The research is based on a process of resolving real-life moral dilemmas in the Moral Education classroom. It critically analyses the types of real-life moral dilemmas that a selected group of secondary students thought about. It also indicates the moral choices that they make based on their negotiation skills and cultural background. Participants in this study were twenty-two 16-17 year old adolescents from three different types of secondary schools in a Form Four Moral Education classroom in Malaysia. They were from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, but within a non-Muslim community of students. Moral Education in Malaysia is designed to cater for this group while Muslim students study Islamic Studies. Findings show that students were concerned about moral issues and values that were relational and context dependent. Multiple factors contributed to the problems they described. These factors included national legislation, Malaysian culture, ethnicity, and religion as well as the effects of history, in particular the Japanese occupation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01