Assessing Students' Moral Awareness
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| Title: | Assessing Students' Moral Awareness |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Forest, James J. F., Keith, Bruce |
| Source: | Assessment Update. Jan-Feb 2004 16(1):10-11. |
| Availability: | Jossey Bass. Available from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774. Tel: 800-825-7550; Tel: 201-748-6645; Fax: 201-748-6021; e-mail: subinfo@wiley.com; Web site: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/86511121 |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 2 |
| Publication Date: | 2004 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Academic Achievement, Moral Issues, Program Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Moral Development, Moral Values, Military Schools, Academic Standards, Social Attitudes, Military Personnel, Interdisciplinary Approach, Ethics, Outcomes of Education |
| ISSN: | 1041-6099 |
| Abstract: | The United States Military Academy (USMA) provides cadets with a liberal education designed to develop versatile and critical thinkers who can adapt to the professional and ethical challenges they will confront. Cadets' moral development is integrated throughout their West Point experience, to the point of being included as one of the USMA's academic program goals. This article examines cadets' achievement of the moral awareness goal through a rubric developed by the Moral Awareness Goal Team, a multidisciplinary group of faculty, to represent the standard of performance the cadets are expected to achieve. The assessment of the moral awareness goal involves a triangulation of data, including an analysis of survey responses, student course products, and employer feedback. The authors' review of longitudinal survey data reveals that cadets' confidence in their achievement of the moral awareness goal increases significantly during their four-year experience at West Point, particularly when they are asked to describe their ability to "recognize moral issues in a military situation" and "select morally justifiable actions." The assessment data gathered to date suggests that USMA cadets and graduates generally achieve the standard being set for the moral awareness goal. The authors find that the attention they are giving to a comprehensive assessment process, directed by multidisciplinary goals and teams of faculty, is resulting in positive qualitative change in the academic program and curriculum. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Access URL: | https://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/107612487/ABSTRACT |
| Accession Number: | EJ790722 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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