Prosocial moral reasoning and behaviours: the role of ethics education

Martin Brestovanský

doi:10.21697/10.21697/fp.2016.2.19

Published: 2016-11-16

Vol. 6 No. 2/1 (2016)

Prosocial moral reasoning and behaviours: the role of ethics education

Martin Brestovanský

Pedagogical Forum

Section: Colloquia

https://doi.org/10.21697/10.21697/fp.2016.2.19

Abstract

The relationship between students´ evaluation of the school subject Ethics Education and students´ type of prosocial moral reasoning and behaviours is described in the study. Prosocial moral reasoning, prosocial behaviour in the school questionnaire, and our own Ethics Education evaluation measure was used in the study. Research sample included students of 6th grades of 26 primary schools from the western part of Slovakia: 579 participants (49,7% female, Mage = 11,27; SD = .71). There is evidence which supports the idea that the positive attitude to Ethics Education is linked to developmentally higher types of reasoning and higher prevalence of prosocial behaviours.

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prosocial moral reasoning, prosocial behaviour, Ethics education, prosocial education

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Brestovanský, M. (2016). Prosocial moral reasoning and behaviours: the role of ethics education. Pedagogical Forum, 6(2/1), 293–308. https://doi.org/10.21697/10.21697/fp.2016.2.19

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Martin Brestovanský

martin.brestovansky@truni.sk

Affiliation:

Faculty of Education of Trnava University Slovakia

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

As a university teacher he focuses on theory and methodology of moral and character education, as well as experiential education methods. He leads, coordinates or cooperates on various projects in which both academic and praxis purposes are achieved: Erasmus+ strategic partnership RIDE – resources for inclusion, diversity and equality, national research project Theoretical investigation and empirical evaluation of prosociality concept as the base of actual Moral education conception in Slovak republic; the European Social Fund project Antiquity; international cooperation project N.E.W.S. and several others. He is a founder of Jama! (NGO) and Youth volunteer centre of the same name in Trnava.