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Nucci, Larry; Creane, Michael W.; Powers, Deborah W. – Journal of Moral Education, 2015
Eleven teachers and 254 urban middle-school students comprised the sample of this study examining the social and moral development outcomes of the integration of social cognitive domain theory within regular classroom instruction. Participating teachers were trained to construct and implement history lessons that stimulated students' moral…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Social Development, Social Studies, Middle School Teachers
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Lamichhane, Kamal – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
This paper explores the challenges and strengths of teachers with a visual impairments teaching in Nepal's mainstream schools, using qualitative interviews of teachers and principals, as well as a student survey data set. Results showed that teachers with visual impairments tend not to teach subjects such as science and mathematics that require…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes
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Gersten, Russell – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
The observational study of effective instructional processes in kindergarten by DeVries and others is critiqued. It is maintained that (1) the study takes a narrow approach to constructivism that does not reflect current thinking; (2) there are flaws in the coding system used; and (3) the understanding of instructional issues involving minority…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Environment, Coding, Evaluation Criteria
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DeVries, Rheta; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
A microanalytic description of teachers' interactions with children suggests that the sociomoral atmospheres of three types of classrooms differ considerably. Children in the direct-instruction classroom experience an almost totally unilateral relationship with the teacher; in the constructivist classroom, there is more reciprocity and intimacy;…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Kindergarten
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Fung, Heidi; Chen, Eva Chian-Hui – Social Development, 2001
Examined spontaneous daily family interactions in Taiwan for events of children's shame. Found that shame events occur in multiple episodes of the child's transgression and, in half the cases, some authority was evoked to judge the child's behavior but family members were always present and ready to share the child's transgression and shame.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Childhood Attitudes, Family Attitudes
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DeVries, Rheta; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
Results of a study on the relationship between children's sociomoral development and the sociomoral atmospheres of three types of kindergarten classrooms suggest the possibility that heavily academic, teacher-centered programs hinder children's development of interpersonal understanding and their broader social-cognitive and moral development. (LB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Kindergarten