Moral Development of Junior High School Students about Environmental Issue of Riverbank by Problem Solving
- DOI
- 10.2991/seadric-17.2017.60How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Moral, Moral Development, Problem Solving
- Abstract
Nowadays, human's life cannot be separated from value, morality, and norm. Where there is human's life, there are value, morality, and norm included. Environmental issue in the riverbank is appointed as dilemmatic morality case and it can be used to find the characteristic of student's moral progress based on problem solving. The purpose of this research was to describe (1) students' moral progress levels on environmental issue in the riverbank by problem solving and (2) the characteristic of students' moral progress level on environmental issue in the riverbank by problem solving. Qualitative approach and descriptive research were used as the methods. The results of this research showed that students' moral progress levels on environmental issue in the riverbank by problem solving were categorized as level 2 and 5. The characteristics of junior high school students' moral progress level on environmental issue in the riverbank by problem solving were that the subjects in level 2 are likely to prioritize the real importance of each individual, but also respect the others' importance. The subjects in the level 5 of moral progress relatively hold the high esteem for the rule to regard the importance and the prosperity for all.
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- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Aminuddin Prahatama Putra AU - Fitria Dina Zakia PY - 2017/05 DA - 2017/05 TI - Moral Development of Junior High School Students about Environmental Issue of Riverbank by Problem Solving BT - Proceedings of the 5th SEA-DR (South East Asia Development Research) International Conference 2017 (SEADRIC 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 288 EP - 291 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/seadric-17.2017.60 DO - 10.2991/seadric-17.2017.60 ID - Putra2017/05 ER -