Stephen Pavlovic

Perceptions of Moral Agency

The Experience of Some Preschool Special Needs Teachers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Research on moral development has been dominated bythe work of Lawrence Kohlberg and James Rest who havesought to construct and validate a universal model ofmoral development. Compared with other professions,teachers have shown disturbingly low levels of moralreasoning based on either Kohlberg's Moral JudgmentInventory (MJI) or Rest's Defining Issues Test (DIT).This study was designed to test the hypothesis thatteachers' low mean-scores do not give an accuratepicture of their moral development. A Delphi studywas conducted, followed by interviews to gain a broadunderstanding of the perceptions and experience of agroup of preschool special needs teachers. It wasfound that these teachers face a wide range of moralchallenges, use very little moral language, feelisolated, and have few options for assistance inresolving moral dilemmas. The participants showed amarked consequentialist approach to moral reasoning,which helps explain their performance on tests basedon Kohlberg's model and there was some evidence of anethic of care. These findings should be of interestto faculty of teacher education programs and those inapplied ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller / VDM Verlag Dr. Müller e.K.
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 11mm x 150mm x 220mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9783639073942
• ISBN-10: 3639073940
• Artikelnr.: 24916447

Autorenporträt

Pavlovic Stephen§Stephen K. Pavlovic, Ed.D.: Studied Early Childhood SpecialEducation at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia,USA. After receiving his degree, he taught preschool at Jakes RunEarly Childhood Center in Fairview, WV for 5 years and currentlyis on the faculty at Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV.