One developmental task faced by children is to identify, remember, and learn from epistemic and moral agents around them who are known to be good or virtuous. Here, in 2 studies, we examined U.S children's (N = 138; 55% female, 45% male; predominantly White, middle-class) memory processes for agents varying in moral and epistemic virtue. In Study…

Students of fine-art education may have developed in creative circumstances however, it is important to grow character enculturation. The study is aimed at designing character education for students of the fine-art education department. The study uses the descriptive research approach. Research data are obtained from interviews with lecturers and…

Scholars have documented a tendency of (semi-)authoritarian regimes to undermine university autonomy, mainly through organizational (de jure) changes. This paper presents a case study of a publicly triggered plagiarism investigation by the University of Belgrade into the doctoral thesis of the Serbian Minister of Finance, one of the key members of…

Workplace spirituality is recognised as the inner state of individuals and an aspect of their working life. In the study reported on here we aimed to unearth the effects of teachers' demographic factors (gender, age, nature of job, academic qualification, marital status, designation, teaching experience, and district) towards workplace…

This study in the research domain of higher education sustainability addresses issues of policy and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in and through Hong Kong public universities. The purpose of the study was to critically analyze the problématique of achieving the SDGs by the Hong Kong higher education sector. The study…

The aim of this research is to reveal the cognitive constructs of university students regarding their ideal peer qualities. As the research has both qualitative and quantitative dimensions, the study was carried out in accordance with the exploratory sequential design, which is a type of mixed method. The research was conducted with 24 university…

Given the importance of mutual understanding in babies' education and care, as well as the greater pedagogical requirements in this context, this article aims to identify matches and mismatches between parents and professionals in baby rooms, regarding concepts of professionalism and the respective aspects that are most valued. The exploratory…

This article shows the significance of college-going aspiration in the future identities of young girls and the sources of such influence in their worlds. Using the figured worlds theory, the paper analyzes the process and implications of these young girls' college-going aspirations. Drawing on interviews and observations with nineteen young girls…

Aim: To undertake a concept analysis of transitioning to long-term care for older adults with intellectual disabilities. Background: Individuals with an intellectual disability are experiencing increased longevity which is associated with an increase in transitions in later life to long-term care. Their experience of later life transitions is…

This research aims to reveal the effect of responsibility-based activities applied in the 5th grade Social Studies course on students' value of responsibility. For this reason, a mixed-method consisting of quantitative and qualitative data was used in the study. Explanatory sequential design, one of the mixed-method research types, was used. In…

This article presents Family Nature Tours as a participatory method for exploring children's human and more-than-human-nature interactions within the context of the family. Through equipping children with wearable cameras during family-led outdoor activities, this qualitative study provides insight on what non-rural Alaskan families consider…

Formal evaluation of policies, programmes and people has become ubiquitous in contemporary western contexts. This is the case for equity and widening participation (WP) agendas in higher education, for which evaluation is often required to measure 'what works'. Although evaluation has a 'fundamentally social, political, and value-oriented…

Gratitude has been previously defined as a tendency to appreciate positives in life, thus conflating gratitude and components of well-being. Accordingly, current measures assessing "gratitude" are primarily based on this conflated conceptualization, and do not adequately assess gratitude as a moral virtue. The Gratitude Assessment…

In the current era of more extreme political and religious views coming into the mainstream, this paper investigates whether party affiliation is associated with the concept of religious morality more than political ideology. To answer this research question, we construct an empirical scale of religious morality based on data from opinion polls,…

Despite the debates surrounding online private tutoring, most scholars agree that the private tutor approach provides much positive insight to be adopted. The present study measures the students' intention in using online private tutoring. The measurement was conducted with a structural equation model analysis. The expectation confirmation model…