Philanthropy plays an essential role in meeting needs that are not fulfilled by government and the corporate sector. Its importance has recently been underscored by the health, economic, educational, and cultural needs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. If philanthropic behavior is to continue and become more widespread, programs and resources…

Human beings came to the world along with ideas which got nurtured and transmitted from generation to generation. To upgrade the quality of life, he became educated through formal, informal and non-formal ways. The curriculum was structured formally at different levels of education, which is being upgraded and refined from time to time. Here in…

Moral education and ethical reflection are always dependent on the content of the internalized norms, principles and values of the individual. As we demonstrate, this also means that there is no instance of "feeling," "emotion," "spontaneity," or "care" that can be independent of norms, rules, and values…

A paucity of literature exists on the processes of character development within diverse contexts. In this article, the authors use the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA) as a sample case for understanding character development processes within an institution of higher education. The authors present a discussion of relational…

Theory and research on values, ethics and moral decision making in educational leadership has called for ontological and epistemological changes in research and theory building that focus less on perspectives pertaining to logical positivism (naïve realism) and more toward paradigms that are naturalistic, post-positivistic, transactional and…

Interdisciplinary service-learning (IDSL) has become a staple of healthcare education over the last two decades as a mechanism of training students to provide cohesive, team-based health care in a complicated and sometimes fragmented health care system. This case study describes the perceived learning of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students…

In the digital age, "kidfluencers," or child influencers, have emerged as significant figures in shaping the online experiences of children. This study explores their impact on the cultural identity of Kuwaiti middle school students, as perceived by their parents. Employing a quantitative research design, the researchers collected data…

This article reports on a study that examined the relationship between language learners' L2 grit and language mindsets and their attitudes toward CALL. The participants of the study were 625 EFL learners (male = 165, 26.4%; female = 460, 73.6%) with the mean age of 24.4 years (SD = 1.74). They were asked to respond to questionnaires on language…

Values, defined by Schwartz (1994) as basic motivational cognitive structures, guide life goals, transcend contexts, and affect individuals' courses of action differently depending on their preferred values. With young children, an important question that emerges is what factors underlie the linkages between their preferred motivations (i.e.,…

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine principals' perspectives on the impact of Tennessee Teacher Residency (TTR) residents on their school's culture and student achievement. The researchers explored TTR program residents' perspectives of teacher self-efficacy, culturally responsive classroom management self-efficacy, mentoring,…

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine principals' perspectives on the impact of Tennessee Teacher Residency (TTR) residents on their school's culture and student achievement. The researchers explored TTR program residents' perspectives of teacher self-efficacy, culturally responsive classroom management self-efficacy, mentoring,…

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine principals' perspectives on the impact of Tennessee Teacher Residency (TTR) residents on their school's culture and student achievement. The researchers explored TTR program residents' perspectives of teacher self-efficacy, culturally responsive classroom management self-efficacy, mentoring,…

This paper examines the nature of global citizenship education in Chinese secondary schools by investigating what kind of global citizens these institutions try to develop in the twenty-first century. Drawing on qualitative data from six high schools in China, the study reveals a distinctive Chinese perspective shaping the understanding of global…

This article argues that ethical authorship is essential for the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI). It examines tensions that historical understandings of authorship have created as instructors and students alike navigate AI technologies. Given these tensions, this article proposes a definition of "ethical authorship" and uses…

Healthy Indigenous child development is grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Attachment theory has been influential in understanding the significance of parenting for infant development in Western science but has focused on child-caregiver bonds predominantly within the parent-child dyad. To bring forth Indigenous perspectives…