The role of teachers in inculcating moral values: operationalisation of concepts

Dealing with values and moral issues is recognised as an integral part of teachers' roles. Especially in culturally heterogeneous societies teachers face multiple values that students and their families may hold. The study reported in this article explores different conceptions of teachers'...

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Published in:Journal of beliefs and values 2012-04, Vol.33 (1), p.55-69
Main Authors: Pantić, Nataša, Wubbels, Theo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude Measures
Belief & doubt
Beliefs
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cultural Pluralism
Culture
Educational Change
Educational Practices
Focus Groups
Foreign Countries
Measures (Individuals)
moral education
Moral Issues
Moral Values
Political Attitudes
Questionnaires
Roles
Serbia
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Education
Teacher Role
teacher roles
Teachers
the Balkans
Validity
value education
Values
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Summary:Dealing with values and moral issues is recognised as an integral part of teachers' roles. Especially in culturally heterogeneous societies teachers face multiple values that students and their families may hold. The study reported in this article explores different conceptions of teachers' moral roles aiming to develop an instrument for assessing teacher beliefs about those roles that could be used in teacher development. Paternalist, liberal and social-relativist conceptions of teachers' moral roles were operationalised using data collected in three focus groups with teachers from Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia discussing cases of school practices involving value-laden issues. Initial items for construction of a questionnaire for teachers were generated from teachers' utterances to ensure ecological validity. Implications for teacher development and future research are discussed.
ISSN:1361-7672
1469-9362
DOI:10.1080/13617672.2012.650030