ERIC Number: EJ1312454
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 19
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A Study of Moral Reasoning among Secondary Students in a Public Co-Educational and Private Girls School in Mexico
Walker, David Ian; Moulin-Stozek, Daniel
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, v51 n7 p984-1002 2021
Proponents of character education claim cultivating virtues during schooling helps students, schools and society flourish but critics argue character education programs implicitly justify social inequality by assuming success or failure in life is due to individual character. There is little empirical research about which individual factors, such as gender, or contextual factors, such as school type, may affect secondary school students' character. This article begins to address this with a comparative case study of moral reasoning within and between two different secondary schools in Mexico -- a public co-educational school and a private girls' school. Results suggest individual differences (gender, religion, family circumstances and socio-economic status) and school (moral education program and school ethos) may relate to students' ability to make moral judgements in response to realistic moral dilemmas. We consider these findings, focusing on how gender, religion and school-type may impact on adolescents' moral reasoning.
Descriptors: Values Education, Moral Values, Secondary School Students, Females, Single Sex Schools, Coeducation, Public Schools, Context Effect, Gender Differences, Individual Differences, Ethical Instruction, Social Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Religious Factors, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
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