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Publication Date: 2022
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A Longitudinal Study of Leveraging Ethical Dilemmas to Enhance College Students' Ethical Reasoning Skills
Tara Hornor
College Student Journal, v56 n4 p327-334 2022
The purpose of this longitudinal case study was to examine if participation in a four-year ethical reasoning curriculum leveraging ethical dilemmas enhanced college students' abilities to differentiate between ethical dilemmas and moral temptations and apply an ethical reasoning decision-making process. Three longitudinal cohorts of traditional-aged college students were followed over a six-year period and evaluated in their freshmen (n = 2073) and senior (n= 1486) years utilizing a variety of direct and indirect assessment methods. Results indicated growth in students' ethical reasoning skills as well as increases in students' confidence level in being able to apply a reasoning process after participating in a four-year ethical reasoning curriculum delivered by faculty and student affairs professionals. Findings suggest congruence between college students' self-assessments and direct assessments of ethical reasoning growth and development during college.
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Problems, College Freshmen, Longitudinal Studies, Moral Issues, Curriculum Enrichment, Decision Making Skills, College Seniors, Student Attitudes, Self Esteem, Faculty, Student Personnel Workers, Resistance (Psychology)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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