Fostering meta-moral cognitive skills among pre-service teachers using creative problem-solving processes

IF 3.7 2区教育学 Q1 Social Sciences

Thinking Skills and Creativity Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI:10.1016/j.tsc.2024.101670

Reena Cheruvalath, Shirodkar Pratiksha Chandrakant

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Abstract

Acknowledging strengths and weaknesses of an ethical judgment, called meta-moral cognitive skills, enables pre-service teachers to make better decisions. Engaging in critical thinking with creative problem-solving can critically evaluate ethical decision-making processes by analysing their different stages. Thus, this study investigated whether creative problem-solving can foster meta-moral cognitive skills. The researchers analysed solutions for a vignette based on real-life experience involving an ethical issue by 51 pre-service teachers using creative problem-solving processes: problem definition, information gathering, concept selection, conceptual combination and reorganization, idea generation, idea evaluation, solution monitoring, and implementation planning. A qualitative analysis of the responses showed that creative problem-solving supported pre-service teachers in identifying the rationale and criticisms of their ethical judgments and limitations in their proposed solutions. The implication is that it is crucial for prospective teachers to undergo training in creative problem-solving of various ethical dilemmas as part of their curriculum.

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利用创造性解决问题的过程培养职前教师的元道德认知能力

承认道德判断的优缺点，即元道德认知技能，能使职前教师做出更好的决定。通过创造性地解决问题来进行批判性思考，可以通过分析道德决策过程的不同阶段来对其进行批判性评估。因此，本研究调查了创造性地解决问题能否培养元道德认知能力。研究人员分析了 51 名职前教师利用创造性问题解决过程（问题定义、信息收集、概念选择、概念组合和重组、想法生成、想法评估、解决方案监控和实施计划）为一个基于真实经验的小故事提供的涉及道德问题的解决方案。对答复的定性分析显示，创造性地解决问题有助于职前教师确定其道德判断的理由和批评意见，以及所提解决方案的局限性。这意味着，作为课程的一部分，对未来教师进行创造性地解决各种伦理困境的培训至关重要。

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Thinking Skills and Creativity EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

16.20%

发文量

172

审稿时长

76 days

期刊介绍： Thinking Skills and Creativity is a new journal providing a peer-reviewed forum for communication and debate for the community of researchers interested in teaching for thinking and creativity. Papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches and may relate to any age level in a diversity of settings: formal and informal, education and work-based.