Measuring Ethical Development in Life Sciences Students

A study using Perry's developmental model

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4097934
AutoresHenriikka M Clarkeburn, Henriikka Clarkeburn (University of Glasgow), J Roger Downie (0000-0002-7687-4922, University of Glasgow), Craig Gray (University of Glasgow), Robert G S Matthews, Robert Matthew (University of Glasgow), Robert G S Matthew
Ano2003
Volume28
Fascículo4
Páginas443-456
Data de publicação2003-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0307507032000122288
OpenAlexW2008248055
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas9

The scheme devised by Perry is appropriate to measure the development of the ways that students approach complex information during young adulthood. This article describes the develop ment of a methodology to study students' understanding of meta-ethical concepts, which has been the less studied element of Perry's model. It is important to understand students' levels of ethical development in order to design teaching to support their ethical development. A Meta-ethical Questionnaire was devised and implemented together with an ethics education programme at the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow. From the results it was found that students' meta-ethical development is a natural process in young adulthood, though male students progressed later than female students. Tailor-made ethics teaching may provide support for this development

Engineering ethics · Higher education · Moral development · Pedagogy · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Engineering · Ethics in Business and Education · Ethics in medical practice · Psychology · Social Psychology