A Study On The Relationship Of Secondary School Students' Perception Of Autonomous Support From Teacher In Moral Education, Self-determination, And Moral Behavior

It is important to foster children with good moral behavior for educators and psychologists. Most of researches on moral behavior study have focused on moral judgment, cognitive and affective perceptive taking, parent's rearing style etc., but as the important factors, school moral education, were insufficient. The secondary school years were viewed as the best time to assimilate moral norms, so school moral education plays an essential role among the factors that affect children's moral behavior.Based on the self-determination theory, this study focused on the relationship between perception of autonomous support from teacher and moral behavior of secondary school students, and took into the self-determination factor in moral behavior. This study used regression technique and structural equation model, edited and worked out the moral atmosphere questionnaire, self-regulation questionnaire (moral), moral behavior questionnaire through literature and interview, took 495 secondary school students as the objects, The conclusions of this study are:⑴The perception of autonomous support from teacher is not different in gender and grade significantly. The introjected, external regulations within self-determination are not different in gender and grade significantly. Identified regulation is not different in grade, but girl's is higher than boy's significantly.⑵The perception of autonomous support from teacher in moral behavior could forecast the secondary school students'moral behavior. The identified regulation and external regulation within self-determination could forecast the secondary school students'moral behavior. The perception of autonomous support from teacher in moral behavior could forecast the identified, introjected, external regulation within self-determination.⑶After analyzed the mediator effect of self-determination in moral behavior, this study find, the identified regulation and external regulation within self-determination are the mediator factors between the perception of autonomous support and moral behavior.