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Israeli teacher trainees’ perceptions of the term moral resilience

Lea Baratz (Department of Literature, Achva College of Education, Ness Ziona, Israel)

Journal for Multicultural Education

ISSN: 2053-535X

Publication date: 10 August 2015

Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study is to present an approach for creating an educational process that can affect teacher trainees’ moral resilience, while investigating the manner in which they – as teachers – perceive the concept of moral resilience.

Design/methodology/approach

A study questionnaire, designed especially for the current study, was distributed online among trainees in a teacher-training college in Israel and was completed by 123 participants.

Findings

Two major themes emerged in trainees’ conceptualizations of the notion of moral resilience: the role of the organisation in which the teaching takes place, and mechanisms that contribute to the development of moral fibre, which creates resilience.

Research limitations/implications

The following points should be addressed early on in the teacher-training process: The teaching and acquisition of tools that are fundamental to the development of moral resilience, through cognitive and experiential processes, not only through theoretical study. The construction of a supportive environment will enable students to use their internal resources for coping with events that require mental resilience and which thus serve to develop moral resilience.

Originality/value

This paper helps to establish a discourse and develop terminology to implement this subject.

Keywords

  • Resilience
  • Education
  • Learning
  • Pedagogy
  • National-social resilience
  • Israeli teacher trainees
  • Moral resilience of teachers
  • Moral resilience
  • Communal resilience

Citation

Baratz, L. (2015), "Israeli teacher trainees’ perceptions of the term moral resilience ", Journal for Multicultural Education, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 193-206. https://doi.org/10.1108/JME-12-2014-0041

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