Developing and testing a teaching intermediate concept measure of moral functioning: a preliminary reliability and validity study. Issue 5 (4th July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kerr, Shani
• Is Part Of: Ethics & behavior. Volume 31:Issue 5(2021)
• Page Start: 350
• Page End: 364
• Publication Date: 2021-07-04
• Subjects: Moral reasoning -- teaching -- intermediate concepts -- neo-Kohlbergian approach; Ethics -- Periodicals; 170.5
• DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2020.1794870
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-8422

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The neo-Kohlbergian approach to moral reasoning development maintains that intermediate concepts lie between bedrock moral schemas and professional codes of ethics and deal with issues of confidentiality, competence, informed consent, allocation of resources and professional autonomy (Rest et. al, 1999b ). Intermediate concepts provide concrete guides for behavior, they contrast general moral schemas that are concerned with issues of fairness, justice and equality. This paper outlines the development and testing of a prototype Intermediate Concept Measure for teachers (TICM). Results indicate that the TICM has respectable psychometric properties and assesses a construct in the moral domain.