Evaluating the intervention of an ethics' class in students' ethical decision-making: A summative review

International Education Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-25

  Walker, Marquita ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective perceptions; Cognitive; Constructionist theory; Ethical decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874986353     PISSN: 19139020     EISSN: 19139039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ies.v6n1p10     Document Type: Article

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