The purpose of this study is to acquire suggestions to develop a teaching material using a moral dilemma story for junior high school students to raise their level of morality. The moral dilemma story was developed based on the theory of Lawrence Kohl...
The purpose of this study is to acquire suggestions to develop a teaching material using a moral dilemma story for junior high school students to raise their level of morality. The moral dilemma story was developed based on the theory of Lawrence Kohlberg``s stages of moral development. The story, called "Unauthorized Access" was developed. The lesson was practiced with 34 students in October 2011. In the first half of the lesson, after reading the story, the teacher inquired the students to write why protagonist``s action was right or wrong. In the second half, after the discussion between both sides, the teacher requested a reevaluation. As a result of the student reasoning and having an open discussion in the lesson, it was found that the majority of students couldn``t encounter a moral dilemma. Finally, it suggested that there was a need to amend the dilemma story particularly in how the context was defined.