Moral Intelligence and its Relation to School Social Behavior of Primary School Tenth Grade Students
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Moral intelligence, school social behaviour, social competenceAbstract
This study aims at investigating moral intelligence and its relation to school social behavior of tenth grade students of public schools at Russaifa Directorate - Jordan. The sample of the study consists of (489) students (246 male, 243 female), and (36) teachers (19 male, 17 female). The study was implemented in the academic year (2010-2011), using a descriptive curriculum. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher created an instrument to measure moral intelligence based on Michele Borba theory. This instrument consists of the seven virtues to identify the level of the moral intelligence among the students. In addition, a social competence scale of Merrill was used to identify the level of social behavior. The results of the study revealed that both the level of the moral intelligence and the level of the social competence among students in were high. There found no significant differences in relation to the correlation of the total score of the moral intelligence and the social competence of both males and females. In light of the results, the researcher recommends that a strong attention should be given to moral intelligence in the educational institutions. More studies on correlation between moral intelligence and school behaviors should be conducted taking into consideration other variables, such as age and achievement.
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