ERIC Number: EJ1413208
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-7240
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3877
Adolescents' Moral Self-Cultivation through Emulation: Implications for Modelling in Moral Education
Journal of Moral Education, v53 n1 p139-156 2024
This paper aims to offer a new perspective on role modelling by examining adolescents' own efforts to lead a morally virtuous life. While traditional approaches to moral education emphasize the importance of teachers as role models, this study proposes a shift in focus towards adolescents' own role models. Drawing on the philosophical concept of moral self-cultivation and psychological insights on identity development and social cognitive learning, it is argued that adolescents have the ability to cultivate their moral character by emulating others. However, empirical evidence suggests that adolescents often do not perceive teachers as their role models. Consequently, moral educational theories are advised to demand less of teachers as role models. Teachers could invest more time in understanding students' personal role models and encourage them to compare these role models with their own behavior. By acknowledging and addressing students' role models, teachers can facilitate the moral self-cultivation of adolescents.
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Role Models, Modeling (Psychology), Self Concept, Self Actualization, Social Cognition, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students, Adolescent Development, Independent Study, Teacher Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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