THE EFFECTS OF GUIDED MORAL DILEMMA DISCUSSION ON THE MORAL JUDGEMENT OF YOUTH OFFENDERS

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1986-07
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AKOS, RUTH,
YAKUBU
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ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to findout whether guided moral dilemma discussion method would enhance the moral judgement of youth offenders. The study sample was made up of 87 inmates of Borstal Institution in Kakuri - Kaduna. The sample was divided randomly into experimental and control groups. The experimental group subjects were presented with stories of moral dilemma discussions for three weeks. They met twice a week for an hour per session. At the end of their discussions, the two groups were made to respond to the DIT questionnaires. The major statistical method used in analysing the data is the t-test. It was used to test for significant differences between the scores of the experimental and control groups. The results showed that there were no significantdifferences in the scores of experimental and control groups and the subjects were at stage four of the principled reasoning of moral judgement.
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Faculty of education Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
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EFFECTS,, GUIDED,, MORAL DILEMMA,, DISCUSSION,, MORAL JUDGEMENT,, YOUTH OFFENDERS
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