A STUDY ON MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

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Penetrating into the Moral Development of higher secondary school Students in Cuddalore District is the aim of this research study. The descriptive survey research design was used in order to complete this. A sample consisting of 149 Students was chosen by means of the random sampling technique. Teachers. Teachers. Moral Values Scale (MVS) of Dr.Alpana Sen Gupta & Dr.Arun Kumar Singh (2016) was used in this study. This scale contains 43 items in 4 dimensions like challenges in Home Environment, Social Environment, School Environment and Peer Environment with yes or no type. The reliability and validity of the scale as mentioned by the authors were 0.88 and 0.95, respectively. According to research, The High Secondary school students Moral Development is High (44-83). The prediction model contained one of the eight predictors and was reached in one step with 7 variables removed. The model was statistically significant, F (1, 147) = 6.181, p=0.000, and accounted for approximately 20% of the variance of Moral Development (R2=0.040 Adjusted R2= 0.034). The School type uniquely accounted for approximately 20%, of the Moral development. Inspection of the structure coefficient suggests that, School type was relatively strong indicators of Moral Development of High Secondary school children. Inspection of the structure coefficient suggests that, the School Environment, Home Environment were relatively strong indicators of Moral Development of High Secondary school children.

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