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Eisenschmidt, Eve; Kuusisto, Elina; Poom-Valickis, Katrin; Tirri, Kirsi – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2019
This study investigates how moral virtues create purpose for ethical leadership. Four exemplary principals, two from Estonia and two from Finland, were interviewed to study their perceptions of critical incidents in their work and how moral virtues are manifest in their reflections. The results of qualitative content analysis showed that the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Principals, School Administration, Moral Values
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Hedayati, Nasibeh; Kuusisto, Elina; Gholami, Khalil; Tirri, Kirsi – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2019
This article examines moral conflicts identified by students (N = 302) and teachers (N = 20) in the context of Iranian schools. The data were gathered in 2016 from two lower secondary schools in Tehran, one for girls and one for boys. The content analysis of students' essays and teachers' interviews reveal that moral conflicts in Iranian secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Moral Issues, Conflict
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Kuusisto, Elina; Tirri, Kirsi – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2014
This article investigated the core of religious education (RE) by examining Finnish student teachers' pedagogical aims in the context of Lutheran RE. The data consisted of essays (N=82) analysed in a deductive manner using the main concepts of the didactic triangle together with the aims of the Finnish National Core Curriculum. The student…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, National Curriculum, Essays