Educational Reinforcement Strategy by Teachers with Diverse Ethical Orientations

Abstract

The study included teachers representing three ethical orientations: care orientation (T), justice orientation (S) and undefined orientation (N). The classification of the participants into groups was based on the result of the ethical orientation test by which they were tested. The reinforcement standard they used was then diagnosed: collectivist versus individualistic. Using the one-way ANOVA, reinforcement averages were compared. Group T and N participants were more likely to use an individualistic rather than collectivistic reinforcement standard in comparison to Group S participants.