Adolescents Finding Purpose: Comparing Purpose and Life Satisfaction in the Context of Singaporean and Israeli Moral Education

Autor/inn/en	Heng, Mary Anne; Blau, Ina; Fulmer, Gavin W.; Bi, Xiaofang; Pereira, Andrew
Titel	Adolescents Finding Purpose: Comparing Purpose and Life Satisfaction in the Context of Singaporean and Israeli Moral Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 46 (2017) 3, S.308-322 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Heng, Mary Anne) ORCID (Blau, Ina) ORCID (Fulmer, Gavin W.) ORCID (Bi, Xiaofang) ORCID (Pereira, Andrew)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
DOI	10.1080/03057240.2017.1345724
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Adolescent Attitudes; Moral Values; Life Satisfaction; Ethical Instruction; Goal Orientation; Aspiration; Academic Achievement; Educational Change; National Curriculum; Public Schools; Questionnaires; Job Satisfaction; Likert Scales; Bayesian Statistics; Regression (Statistics); Correlation; Incidence; Singapore; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Lebensvollendung; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Streben; Schulleistung; Bildungsreform; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Fragebogen; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Likert-Skala; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; Vorkommen; Singapur
Abstract	Purpose is an intention over the long-term to have an effect on the world that is both meaningful to oneself and to others. What are schools doing to help students use the knowledge and skills they learn in school in their own lives and aspirations? This is the first study that compares adolescent purposes and life satisfaction in Singaporean and Israeli schools. Findings showed four purpose clusters for Singaporean adolescents: No Orientation, Self-focused, Other-focused, and both Self- and Other-focused. Israeli adolescents were in three purpose clusters: Self-focused, Other-focused, and Self- and Other-focused. The purpose groups differed on average life satisfaction in both countries: Self- and Other-focused were highest, followed by Self-focused and Other-focused. The No Orientation group in Singapore was lowest. Notably, beyond these differences between the groups, Israeli adolescents reported significantly higher life satisfaction in each purpose group. We discuss implications for schools and education policymakers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01