Published: 2020-01-16

Ethical and Moral Arguments. Insights into a Validation Study of the ETiK-Test

Georg Ritzer
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Colloquia
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2019.2.38

Abstract

The following article deals with ethical-moral argumentation patterns of pupils. The underlying question is whether pupils’ answers to tasks in the ETiK-Test correspond with the theoretical considerations of the test constructors. This instrument aims to measure ethical-moral competences of pupils, based on education-theoretical, ethical and subject-didactical considerations. After the presentation of the theoretical concept of the ETiK-Test, the empirical qualitative method of this study is shortly described. By way of example, the procedure is shown in two tasks. Then an overview of forms of argumentations that pupils use to justify their answers is presented. The investigation has shown that central theoretical assumptions of the test constructors are found in pupils’discussions. Some response patterns are not found in the theoretical concept of ETiK-Test. Sometimes incorrect response patterns can lead to correct answers and correct response patterns can lead to wrong answers.

Keywords:

ethical-moral competences; ETiK-Test; content-related validation; ethic education

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Ritzer, G. . (2020). Ethical and Moral Arguments. Insights into a Validation Study of the ETiK-Test. Pedagogical Forum, 9(2/2), 191–203. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2019.2.38

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