Objective: To study the relationship between emotional contagion, professional behavior, and moral judgment of student teachers and the mediating role of moral judgment among them. Methods: The "Emotional Contagion Questionnaire", "Pro-social Tendencies Measure for Adolescent (PTM)" and "Moral Judgment Test (MJT)" was…

The study was designed to investigate the moral reasoning stages of secondary school head teachers of Pakistan. Objectives of the study were (1) to investigate the stages of moral reasoning among secondary school head teachers in the light of Kohlberg's theory of moral development, (2) to find out the differences in moral reasoning of secondary…

This article explores how globalization reshapes moral development in northern Thailand. Employing a cultural-developmental approach to examine interview data gathered over the course of one year, the article discusses variations in Divinity-based moral reasoning among adolescents residing in variously globalized Thai communities. Quantitative…

In the present article, we explore beliefs and attitudes towards research ethics among graduate students in the two south-central African countries of Zambia and Malawi. The participants were 11 mid-career professionals studying graduate business programs delivered in-country in partnership with a British university. We conducted semi-structured,…

The Gaokao, a mandatory postsecondary entrance examination for all Chinese students, is often associated with psychological stress among Chinese students in their final year of high school. This project was conducted in summer 2017 in urban Beijing and rural Xi'an, China. The purpose is to explore the perspectives of urban and rural secondary…

The present investigation was conducted to identify relationship between moral atmosphere of school and moral development of secondary school students. An adapted and validated questionnaire (Cronbach alpha .795) was used to know the perceptions of students regarding moral atmosphere of school and one adopted interview inventory (Cronbach alpha…

The present research aimed to determine the relationship between Jordanian students' 21st century skills (Cs21) and academic achievement in science. The sample of the research consisted of a total of 96 eighth-grade students drawn from four rural and four urban schools in Irbid Qasaba in the governorate of Irbid. Randomly cluster sampling was used…

Cosmopolitanism is basically a moral stance requiring every human to be concerned with the wellbeing of every other human being on earth. As such, it tends to privilege cosmopolitan--urban and culturally elite--populations while suppressing more "place-bound" groups. Cosmopolitan education constitutes a form of abjection whereby…

The school district is the fundamental administrative unit of schooling in the United States and the superintendent the lead official. The nature and the challenges of this position, however, vary across the landscape. Because most superintendents lead rural districts, the challenges facing those districts are the ones that typically bedevil the…