ERIC Number: ED591640
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr-27
Pages: 12
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Gender-Specific Moral Dilemmas Related to Religion in Iranian Schools
Hedayati, Nasibeh; Kuusisto, Elina; Gholami, Khalil; Tirri, Kirsi A.
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Antonio, TX, Apr 27-May 1, 2017)
This article examines moral dilemmas related to the religion of Islam as identified by Iranian female students. Data was gathered from Iranian lower secondary school students (female n = 175, male n = 165) who wrote about unfair situations they had experienced at school. Students' moral dilemmas were analyzed with deductive content analysis. Moral dilemmas related to religion were identified only in the essays of 15 female students (4%) and analyzed further inductively. Three subcategories were constructed based on themes of religious moral dilemmas and called "dress rules," "boundaries of intimacy," and "doctrinal issues." The paper discusses how and why moral dilemmas related to religion are interconnected with gender in Iranian schools.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Issues, Islam, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences, Dress Codes, Intimacy, Religious Factors
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran (Tehran)
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