Document Type : Research Article (Mixed)
Authors
1 PhD student, Department of Philosophy of Education, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy of Education, Institute of Education Studies, Tehran, Iran.
3 Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
4 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Purpose: Moral education is an important topic that has been studied in many PhD theses of education philosophy field. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to exploration the PhD theses of education philosophy field of government universities in the field of moral education.
Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative. The research population was the PhD theses of education philosophy field of government universities in the 1991 to 2020 years with number 263 cases, which 31 cases were selected as a sample by purposive sampling method and based on the abstract and keywords related to the field of moral education. The data were collected by taking notes from PhD theses of education philosophy field and were analyzed by inductive method.
Findings: The findings showed that the exploration the PhD theses of education philosophy field of government universities in the field of moral education indicated that the theses were located in the 6 areas include comparing the views of Muslim thinkers with the views of Western thinkers, moral education based on the opinion of Islam, moral education based on the opinions of Muslim thinkers, moral education based on the opinion of western thinkers, designing the pattern of moral education in the schools and other subjects which most of them compared the views of Muslim thinkers with the views of Western thinkers. All theses had a dual nature and numbers of 17 theses were examined moral education with a theoretical and abstract view and numbers of 14 theses were examined moral education with a functional and practical view.
Conclusion: Examining PhD theses of education philosophy field of government universities in the field of moral education helps to better understand of moral education and clearly shows the existing gaps. Also, the theses did not have the necessary and sufficient compliance with the needs and issues of society and educational needs, and no theses were found on the pathology of moral education in the society and educational system. These results can have many practical implications for specialists, planners and university professors in the education philosophy field and provide the basis for further research and application of the results.
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