The Study of Effectiveness of Firect, Vognitive Moral Education, Value Clarification and Combinational Methods on the Moral Judgment of Tabriz 4 Educational Zone Senior Male Students

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of 4 educational methods on the moral judgment of senior male students.150 male senior students were selected randomly and assigned in five groups (classes). Each class received one educational method, and one class considered as control group. The Defining Issues Test (DIT) was used for collecting data from the level of student’s moral judgment as pretest. After education for 60 days, analysis of data revealed that; educational methods can enhance the moral judgment of male students, and cognitive moral education was the most effective method for enhance of the moral judgment.  This method was the method that types of moral dilemma was delivered to the students. After deliver of moral dilemma, the moral judgments of cognitive moral group were heared by other students. Then students were divided to the two groups. One group was presenting their opinions, and other group was presenting themselves opinions. After cognitive moral education, combinational method was the second effective method in the enhance of the level of moral judgment. This method was the method that, moral education fulfilled by all of the methods. Combnitionally Direct method also was the effective method. This method was the method that moral subjects were delivered directly. Based on prior researches this outcome was not anticipated. Thus, we can conclude that; the education can enhance the level of moral reasoning (judgment).