Provide a Model of Ethical Decision-Making Based on Social Values (Case Study of Physical Education Teachers in East Azerbaijan Province)

The nature of human life cannot be separated from moral and value issues, as their relationship and impact on life has always been inevitable. Therefore, the aim of this study was to provide a model of ethical decision-making in physical education teachers in East Azerbaijan province based on social values.

The present study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of implementation method. The statistical population included the physical education teachers of East Azerbaijan province in the academic year 2020-21 in the number of 1312 people. The sample size was determined by Krejcie and Morgan table 339 people and were selected by cluster-random sampling method. The research instruments included Kasol (2003) Ethical Decision Making Questionnaire and Rokic (2010) Modified Social Values ​​Questionnaire. For the validity of the instrument from the point of view of experts and their reliability, Cronbach's alpha method was 0.84 and 0.89, respectively. Descriptive statistics with Spss24 software and inferential structural equation modeling method in Spss24 and Amos26 software were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that social values ​​had a positive and significant effect on the moral decision making of physical education teachers. Also, moral, national and political components, religious values, legal values ​​and cultural values ​​had a significant effect on moral decision making (p <0.05) and only the component of economic values ​​had no significant effect on moral decision making.

The results showed that social values ​​influenced moral decisions, therefore, in the physical education curriculum, ethical issues related to social values ​​can be given more attention.