A quantitative analysis of moral exemplars presented in moral education textbooks in Korea and Japan |
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| Authors: | Hyemin Han Sung Choon Park Jongsung Kim Changwoo Jeong Yutaka Kunii Sora Kim |
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| Institution: | 1. Educational Psychology Program, College of Education, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USAhyemin.han@ua.edu;3. Department of Ethics Education, College of Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea;4. Social Studies Education, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan;5. Department of Japanese Language and Culture, Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea |
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| Abstract: | This study is a comparative analysis of the characteristics of moral exemplars presented in moral education textbooks in Korea and Japan. The purpose of the study is to examine and compare moral values presented through the lives and stories of moral exemplars in the two countries that have moral education as an independent and separate subject based on the national curriculum. To this end, the study uses analytical criteria such as gender, nationality, social roles, historical backgrounds, and specific moral values in order to investigate characteristics of 307 moral exemplars in Korea’s and Japan’s most used moral education textbooks. The results show significant similarities and differences in moral exemplars between the two nations. In the case of the similarities, both countries emphasize moral autonomy and respect for human life. In the case of the differences, while Korea presents more historic figures as moral exemplars, Japan presents more students and ordinary people as moral exemplars. |
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| Keywords: | Moral exemplar moral character exemplar-based approach moral motivation moral education textbooks |
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