Roles of Teacher and Challenges in Developing Students' Morality

Abstract

This study was aimed to examine the roles of teacher and their challenges in developing students' morality. The data was collected from online database including PubMed, Science Direct and Google. The both qualitative and quantitative studies were reviewed and synthesized in a narrative format. There were seven roles of teachers being found in this study. There are moral model, moral mentor, caregiver, moral value conveyer, facilitator, counsellor and communicator. The challenges of teachers in developing students' morality were also discussed in this study. There are method of teaching and evaluation, lack of interest, qualification of teacher, the expectation of parents and society, the distance between school values and family values and communication with parents.

Pre-service Teachers' Perceptions of Lecturers' Teaching and Learning Strategies in Moral Education

“…Generally, moral values are viewed as concealed aspect as they mirror abstract fundamentals including respect, integrity, honesty, justice, and so forth. The lecturers can assess students' mastery of these abstract elements by relating to students' personal life experiences [9,10,28].…”

“…Students suggested that the lecturers should also prioritise them by spending some time. In other words, students prefer lecturers who are able to create a caring learning environment which is crucial towards developing positive relationship and effective learning [28]. Students shared that they preferred if the lecturers can ask for their opinions during lectures to build rapport so that they can easily connect with them.…”

School Staff and Parents’ Beliefs About the Role of School for Pupils’ Character Education in Latvia

“…Pantić and Wubbels (2012) operationalized 'paternalist', 'liberal' and 'social-relativist' conceptions of teachers' moral roles among teachers from Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia. And in a recent meta-analysis study based on published and unpublished studies in online data bases over 2009-2018 (Gui et al, 2020), seven roles of teachers in moral education were found: moral model, moral mentor, caregiver, moral value conveyer, facilitator, counsellor, and communicator.…”

“…Whilst parents are the primary educators of their children's character, "empirical research tells us that parents want all adults who have contact with their children to contribute to such education, especially their children's teachers" (The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, 2017, p. 1). Besides parents, who should take the main role in their children's morality development, teachers also play an important role in promoting students' moral growth (Gui et al, 2020;Harrison et al, 2018), shaping the new generation and transmitting cultural and moral values to students (Gui et al, 2020, Velea & Farca, 2013.…”

Implementation of PAI Learning Outcomes in Student Discipline in State Elementary School 15 Sungai Geringging Padang Pariaman Regency

“…Nugroho, 2020). Peran guru dibutuhkan dalam menanamkan dan menumbuhkan kedisiplinan pada peserta didik (Dzivhani, 2000;Gui et al, 2020). Disiplin sebagai bagian dari karakter yang akan dibina melalui pembelajaran akan menjadikan peserta didik menjadi manusia yang mampu menjalani kehidupan dengan mematuhi aturan yang ada.…”