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Vazquez-Marin, Pedro; Cuadrado, Francisco; Lopez-Cobo, Isabel – Education Sciences, 2022
Positive education, as a method for the positive development of students' personality, embodies the 24 character strengths that Peterson and Seligman developed in their studies and that are necessary for new professional profiles. This new social and work landscape inspired supranational institutions, such as the European Union, to develop…
Descriptors: Art Education, Personality Development, Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits
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Herek, Gregory M. – Journal of Social Issues, 1986
Personal attitudes toward social issues help people meet their needs either through benefits received from the attitude object or the attitude's expression. The personality, situational, and domain characteristics likely to influence the functional value of attitudes are discussed. Strategies for changing attitudes are briefly considered. (PS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Ideology, Individual Characteristics, Personality Development
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Joseph, Pamela B. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990
Explores two dichotomies that depict moral education and examines the strengths and weaknesses of the four principal orientations to moral education. Provides an integrated theory of moral education that incorporates both sides of each dichotomy providing necessary dimensions to research, theory, and practice of moral education. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
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Guardo, Carol J. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1982
Uses the concept of generation to identify generations of college students from the late 1950s to the present. Particular attention is given to the value changes that distinguish one generation from those which preceded or followed it. Offers suggestions for dealing with the current generation of students. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Futures (of Society)
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Rigby, K. – Journal of Moral Education, 1989
Examines recent studies from several countries that compared adolescent male and female attitudes toward authority. Reports that these studies do not support M. Emler and S. Reicher's (1987) assertion that delinquent behavior results from a failure to inculcate favorable attitudes toward authority through socialization. Finds the relationship…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Delinquency