Factors of Chinese Adolescents’ Moral Judgment Competence – Findings from Hubei Province

• Authors: Jing Zhang
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper uses MJT designed by German moral psychologist Lind as a measurement tool, selects 1933 teenagers from Wuhan, Xiangfan or Hubei province. The result shows that participants’ C-sore of different age is 16.90. Character of politic lies remarkable difference, and gender, profession, education, etc., doesn’t. But the specific characters of them have something to be concerned. On this basis, the author gives some advices and countermeasures for education departments.

Keywords

EN

Moral Judgment Test; C-scores; Chinese adolescents

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Ethics in Progress
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 83-95

Dates

published

2012-04-01

Contributors

author

Jing Zhang

• Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

References

• Kohlberg, L. 1972. A Cognitive Development Approach to Moral Education. Humanist, November-December.
• Kohlberg, L. 1987. Using a Hidden Curriculum for Moral Education. Digest, May.
• Piaget, J. 1965. The Moral Judgment of the Child. New York: The Free Press.
• Lind, G. 2000. Essay Review: “The Measurement of Moral Judgment' by Anne Colby, Lawrence Kohlberg.” Human Development: 388-397
• Lind, G. 2008a. The Meaning and Measurement of Moral Judgment Competence revisited - A Dual-Aspect Model. A revised version of this paper will appears in: D. Fasko & W. Willis (Eds.), Contemporary Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives on Moral Development and Education. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
• Lind, G. 2008b. Teaching Students to Speak Up and To Listen to Others: Cultivating Moral Democratic Competencies. In: D.E. Lund & P.R. Carr (Eds.), Doing Democracy and Social Justice in Education: Political Literacy for All Students, 319-335. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/eip.2012.1.5