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Using action research in staff development : the case of moral education
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/50810 Using action research in staff development : the case of moral education Nieuwenhuis, F.J. ungies007@gmail.com Joubert, Jacomina Christina Ungerer, Andria UCTD Action Research Moral Education Staff Development Professional Development Educational Improvement Educational Reform Education theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Education theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This study explored the phenomenon of training educators using Participatory Action Research (PAR) in using moral dilemma discussions as a teaching strategy to teach values in their Life Orientation lessons. The research was located within the specific context of a qualitative interpretivist study. A Participatory Action Research design was used to explore this design’s potential as a method for the interactive training of educators to implement moral dilemma discussions in primary schools specifically. The criteria used to select the participants included using Grades 4 -7 primary school learners of diverse cultures in a single-religion independent school. Within this school the study focused on the 3 Life Orientation educators teaching these pre-determined grades. Data on how the educators experienced the training, the implementation of moral dilemma discussions and the participation of the learners was collected using a group interview, non-participatory observations and semi-structured interviews. The aim of the non-participatory observations and semi-structured interviews was to determine how the educators and learners responded to moral dilemma discussions and to focus on the learners’ ability to participate in moral reasoning as Kohlberg intended as well as whether any moral action was implemented as a result of the discussions. The findings of the study revealed that educators are very set in their ways of teaching and find it difficult to explore new ideas. A reason for the resistance to change could be supported by the fact that the educators experience pressure from the management of the school to comply with the curriculum and have therefore become curriculum-bound in their teaching approach. The curriculum dominates educators’ approach to teaching. This study also revealed that effective training opportunities and the implementation of teaching strategies is only successful with the support and encouragement of the management team of the school. Finally this study showed that primary school learners do have the potential cognitive ability to participate in moral reasoning. This deviates from Kohlberg’s theory and requires further research with more primary school cohorts. However, moral action leading from moral dilemma discussions remains a challenge. Since this study aimed to explore the possibilities of using moral dilemma discussions as a teaching strategy for values education, the preliminary findings suggest the need for more research to promote moral action to flow from these moral dilemma discussions. These discussions would be enhanced by first creating new knowledge based on the moral dilemma presented. tm2015 2025dzm 2024dzm Education Management and Policy Studies MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2015-11-25T09:53:42Z 2015-11-25T09:53:42Z 2015/09/01 2015 Dissertation Ungerer, A 2015, Using action research in staff development : the case of moral education, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50810> S2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50810 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Action Research Moral Education Staff Development Professional Development Educational Improvement Educational Reform Education theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Education theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals Using action research in staff development : the case of moral education |
| title | Using action research in staff development : the case of moral education |
| title_full | Using action research in staff development : the case of moral education |
| title_fullStr | Using action research in staff development : the case of moral education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using action research in staff development : the case of moral education |
| title_short | Using action research in staff development : the case of moral education |
| title_sort | using action research in staff development the case of moral education |
| topic | UCTD Action Research Moral Education Staff Development Professional Development Educational Improvement Educational Reform Education theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Education theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50810 |