Social sources of moral education in Hong Kong: A test of Situational Action Theory's Developmental Ecological Action Model

• In Event: Applying moral frameworks to theory and practice

Abstract

This study of students and teachers in Hong Kong explores the role of key moral influencers – parents, peers, and teachers – in delivering moral education via Situational Action Theory's proposed mechanisms of direct instruction, indirect observation, and personal trial and error (Wikstrom, Treiber, and Roman 2023). This study has developed and applied novel scales to measure moral education experiences amngst 14-17 year-olds, as well as the provision of moral education by their teachers, framed around key virtues emphasized in school moral education in Hong Kong.

Author

• Katie Tu, University of Cambridge