{"id":{"repo_id":"mo-state","oai_identifier":"oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1455"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/mo-state/oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1455","repository":{"repo_id":"mo-state","name":"Missouri State University","base_url":"https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/do/oai/"},"display":{"title":"Morals Education in the Public Schools","abstract":"This study was to investigate the degree to which elementary teachers in the Southwest Missouri area convey moral messages to children in a normal classroom setting and if teachers use a direct or indirect method of instruction for the teaching of values. The study included 70 teachers from grades kindergarten through sixth grade; special education teachers were included. The data were compiled from results of a questionnaire. Analyses of the data collected during this study indicate that teachers feel very strongly about teaching values and morals education in the classroom. An overwhelming majority of the teachers teach values in a normal classroom setting. Indirect methods of instruction are more favorable than direct methods.","abstract_html":"This study was to investigate the degree to which elementary teachers in the Southwest Missouri area convey moral messages to children in a normal classroom setting and if teachers use a direct or indirect method of instruction for the teaching of values. The study included 70 teachers from grades kindergarten through sixth grade; special education teachers were included. The data were compiled from results of a questionnaire. Analyses of the data collected during this study indicate that teachers feel very strongly about teaching values and morals education in the classroom. An overwhelming majority of the teachers teach values in a normal classroom setting. Indirect methods of instruction are more favorable than direct methods.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Castillon, Linda L."],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Master of Science in Education in Elementary Education","degree_level":"Masters","degree_discipline":"Childhood Education and Family Studies","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Darrell Roubinek"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1990,"date_issued":"1990-07-01T07:00:00Z","date_published":"1990-07-01T07:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T03:15:29Z","subjects":["Elementary Education and Teaching"],"languages":[],"rights":["© Linda L Castillon"],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/454","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Darrell Roubinek"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Castillon, Linda L."]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Childhood Education and Family Studies"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Masters"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Science in Education in Elementary Education"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Elementary Education and Teaching"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["© Linda L Castillon"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/454"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["This study was to investigate the degree to which elementary teachers in the Southwest Missouri area convey moral messages to children in a normal classroom setting and if teachers use a direct or indirect method of instruction for the teaching of values. The study included 70 teachers from grades kindergarten through sixth grade; special education teachers were included. The data were compiled from results of a questionnaire. Analyses of the data collected during this study indicate that teachers feel very strongly about teaching values and morals education in the classroom. An overwhelming majority of the teachers teach values in a normal classroom setting. Indirect methods of instruction are more favorable than direct methods."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Morals Education in the Public Schools"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Darrell Roubinek"],"dc:creator":["Castillon, Linda L."],"dc:description.abstract":["This study was to investigate the degree to which elementary teachers in the Southwest Missouri area convey moral messages to children in a normal classroom setting and if teachers use a direct or indirect method of instruction for the teaching of values. The study included 70 teachers from grades kindergarten through sixth grade; special education teachers were included. The data were compiled from results of a questionnaire. Analyses of the data collected during this study indicate that teachers feel very strongly about teaching values and morals education in the classroom. An overwhelming majority of the teachers teach values in a normal classroom setting. Indirect methods of instruction are more favorable than direct methods."],"dc:identifier":["https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/454"],"dc:rights":["© Linda L Castillon"],"dc:subject":["Elementary Education and Teaching"],"dc:title":["Morals Education in the Public Schools"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Childhood Education and Family Studies"],"thesis:degree_level":["Masters"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Science in Education in Elementary Education"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T03:15:29Z"}