Need and Teachers Development Approach for Students’ Morality and Ethics Promotion in Private school at the North Eastern

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study 1) the students’ morality and ethics level in private schools of the North East. 2) the methods teachers used for students’ morality and ethics promotion in private schools of the North East. 3) the teachers’ need for promoting improvements for the students’ morality and ethics. 4) the teacher's development approach for students’ morality and ethics promotion. It was a hybrid study comprising both qualitative and quantitative research. In the first step of the first, second and third purposes surveying, the participants were 64 teachers. The second step for surveying teachers development approach for students’ morality and ethics promotion in private schools of the North East, the participants were 45 administrators and teachers. Research tools were memo reports, structured questionnaires and evaluation forms. The quantitative data, the mean and the standard deviation were analyzed.

The results found were: 1) The priority need of students’ morality and ethics in private schools of the North East was discipline. 2) the ways teachers used for students’ morality and ethics promotion in private schools of the North East were (1) meditation practice and compassion (2) morality stipulation towards a common goal (3) individual responsibility and nurturing (4) individual evaluating and mentoring (5) teachers, personnel and parents cooperating in students’ morality promotion (6) environment management. 3) the three aspects of teachers’ need for promoting improvements for the students’ morality and ethics were: (1) morality and ethics promotion activities and teaching integration. (2) designing and practicing student activity with cooperation. (3) criterion setting and continuous practice 4) the teacher's development approach for students’ morality and ethics promotion were acquisition, engagement, development, management and motivation, retention and inheritance were at high suitability level ( = 4.38, S.D.= 0.69).