Moral reasoning of education students: The effects of direct instruction in moral development theory and participation in moral dilemma discussion

Teachers College Record

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 621-644

  Cummings, Rhoda ^a   Maddux, Cleborne D ^a   Cladianos, Antonia ^a   Richmond, Aaron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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