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dc.contributor.authorJames, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:03:49Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:03:49Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn1448-0220
dc.identifier.doi10.5172/ijtr.2012.10.2.132
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/50026
dc.description.abstractThe paper explores ways that vocational education and training (VET) might become involved in the development of moral 'know-how', ready for workplace practice. The primary concern here is the transformation of earlier-learnt ethical principles to their applied moral behaviour, essential for appropriate practice within workplace environments. The argument is grounded in literature and a research study of 14 construction workers from various sectors of the industry in Queensland, Australia. The study identified four influential factors that frame the reports of the study participants' learning to judge, decide and act morally within the construction industry workplace: (1) upbringing, (2) schooling, (3) social contexts, and (4) workplace experience. The paper discusses the less-than-adequate way participants learnt their morals for workplace application and goes on to outline a potentially better way to train them through such paths. The conclusion from the study is that it is necessary to present moral contextualisation through sustained learning over time to gradually develop moral 'know-how', and that VET has a role to play in this process.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom132
dc.relation.ispartofpageto148
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Training Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume10
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchVocational Education and Training Curriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStudies in Human Society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130213
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode13
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode14
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode16
dc.titleMoral learning for the workplace: A role for VET
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.date.issued2015-04-10T00:52:30Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorJames, Ian E.


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