Phenomenology of lack of moral role model from the teacher: the lived experience of multi-national students in Mashhad city

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Educational psychology, Faculty of psychology and educational sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

2 Educational psychology, Faculty of Psychology and educational sciences, Ferdowsi university Mashhad, Iran/

Abstract

The current research has sought to identify the obstacles of ethical modeling in the relationship between teachers and students. To answer the research questions, descriptive phenomenology was used, in which an interview was conducted with 14 students of different nationalities who reside in Mashhad. The participants are from 8 nationalities (India, Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Gambia, Lebanon and Guinea) and among them, 7 male and 7 female students and their age is between 12 and 17 years (and the average is 13.6). In this research, the validation of the achievements was done according to Maguire's point of view and with the help of a person with qualitative research experience as an observer in all stages of the research, as well as the themes and sub-themes obtained were presented to the participants and their opinions were applied, and the final report, along with Quotations from the participants are given. After analyzing the data, four themes and twelve sub-themes were obtained and items such as student's attitudes towards the teacher, student's perception towards the teacher-student relationship, student's attitude towards himself and the influence of others were introduced as factors that influence the student's imitation of the teacher. They have a role and influence. The sum of the attitudes related to the cases, if negative, play a significant role in the student's imitation of the teacher. The research findings were supported by bandura’s social cognitive theory, Greenspan’s developmental, individual differences and relationship-based model (DIR) and intrinsic motivational theories. Research findings have suggested emphasis on maintaining positive relationship between teacher and student, underlying positive emotional experiences in educational process and guiding student to choose appropriate peers in order to have effective moral educational process.

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