Domain Approach: An Alternative Approach in Moral Education

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of the domain approach in moral education in an upper
secondary school in Malaysia. Moral Education needs a creative and an innovative
approach. Therefore, a few forms of approaches are used in the teaching-learning of Moral
Education. This research describes the use of domain approach which comprises the moral
domain and social convention domain. Both these domains are used through various
suitable activities based on the curriculum content. The Domain Theory is used to
determine the moral domain of thinking and the level of social convention domain of the
students.