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Agnew Cochran, Elizabeth; Fozard Weaver, Darlene – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2017
What does it mean to teach virtue, or to learn it? We consider this question through an institutional review board (IRB) supported research study attending to student learning experiences in undergraduate ethics courses at a Catholic university with an explicit commitment to social justice. This essay draws on and interprets qualitative data…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Church Related Colleges, Catholics, Learning Experience
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Torbjörnsson, Tomas; Molin, Lena – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2015
The present article presents results obtained from a survey focusing on attitudes to solidarity among upper secondary school students. A relation between positive attitudes to solidarity and future-orientation was evident. The survey results were reinforced by a second study, exploring how students in the Swedish upper secondary school perceived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Group Unity
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Bakken, Linda; Romig, Charles – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1994
Examined whether a relationship exists between family adaptability and cohesion and principled moral reasoning. The moral reasoning level of 131 adolescents was measured using the Defining Issues Test, and levels of perceived family adaptability and cohesion were measured using Family and Adaptability and Cohesion Scales. No significant…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Influence, Family Role
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Killen, Melanie; Ardila-Rey, Alicia; Barakkatz, Marlene; Wang, Pei-Lin – Early Education and Development, 2000
This study surveyed 160 preschool teachers in 4 countries regarding views of moral and social conflict resolution, autonomy and a group sense, and general aims of preschools. Findings revealed that all hold similar beliefs regarding intervention in children's conflicts and importance of autonomy in the classroom. Additionally, all viewed the…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Group Unity, Intervention
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Snarey, John – Comparative Education Review, 1987
A longitudinal ethnographic study of adolescent moral development in an Israeli kibbutz examined the process by which urban-born adolescents, "adopted" by the kibbutz, and their kibbutz-born peers are socialized into a cohesive group. Kibbutz educators support the development of democratic self-governing peer groups that foster community…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics