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Direct linkHedayati, Nasibeh; Kuusisto, Elina; Gholami, Khalil; Tirri, Kirsi – Journal of Moral Education, 2017
This article examines Iranian secondary students' (N = 336) life purposes. Economic and hedonistic life goals were the most valued. Relationships in terms of having a family and children were also appreciated. In the students' views, religiousness was associated with social goals such as helping others in need and volunteering in the community.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Goal Orientation, Student Attitudes
Schutte, Ingrid; Wolfensberger, Marca; Tirri, Kirsi – Gifted and Talented International, 2014
This study examined the ethical sensitivity of high-ability undergraduate students (n=731) in the Netherlands who completed the 28-item Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ESSQ) developed by Tirri & Nokelainen (2007; 2011). The ESSQ is based on Narvaez' (2001) operationalization of ethical sensitivity in seven dimensions. The following…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Ethics, Gender Differences
Kuusisto, Elina; Gholami, Khalil; Tirri, Kirsi – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
This paper examines Finnish (n = 464) and Iranian (n = 556) teachers' views on their competence to teach purpose. "Purpose" is defined as a stable intention to accomplish something that is both meaningful to the self and of consequence beyond the self over time. The study revealed that all Iranian teachers evaluated their competence for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies
Gholami, Khalil; Kuusisto, Elina; Tirri, Kirsi – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
In this study, we investigated the culture-invariant and culture-dependent nature of teachers' ethical sensitivity in two countries. Our case study involves teachers from Finland (n = 864) representing Western culture, and from Iran (n = 556) representing Eastern culture. Culturally bound elements of ethical sensitivity were studied with the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Caring
Holm, Kristiina; Nokelainen, Petri; Tirri, Kirsi – British Journal of Religious Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to assess the self-evaluations of Finnish secondary school students' (N?=?549) interreligious sensitivity. The data were collected from 12-16-year-old young people with a 15-item Interreligious Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (IRRSSQ). The IRRSSQ is based on Abu-Nimer's Developmental Model of Interreligious Sensitivity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Religion, Religious Factors
Holm, Kristiina; Nokelainen, Petri; Tirri, Kirsi – High Ability Studies, 2009
This study examined the intercultural sensitivity of Finnish 12-16-year-old secondary school students (N=549) with a 23-item Intercultural Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ICSSQ). The ICSSQ is based on Bennett's (1993) Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS), which is a conceptual tool to situate certain reactions towards cultural…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Females, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Tirri, Kirsi; Nokelainen, Petri – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This study examined the ethical sensitivity of 2 Finnish urban schools' 7th- to 9th-grade students (N = 249) with the Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ESSQ), based on Narvaez' (2001) operationalization of ethical sensitivity. Three research questions were formulated: (1) Are the psychometric properties of ESSQ scientifically valid? Are…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academically Gifted, Psychometrics, Ethics
