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The Effect of Industrial Training on Ethical Awareness of Final Year Students in a Malaysian Public University
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Saat, Maisarah Mohamed; Yusoff, Rosman Md.; Panatik, Siti Aisyah – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2014
Studies (for example, Dellaportas in Making a difference with a discrete course on accounting ethics. "J Bus Ethics" 65(4):391-404, 2006; Saat in "An investigation of the effects of a moral education program on the ethical development of Malaysian future accountants," 2010) on final year accounting students show that industrial…
Descriptors: Industrial Training, Ethics, College Students, Moral Development
Improving Elementary School Quality through the Use of a Social-Emotional and Character Development Program: A Matched-Pair, Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Trial in Hawai'i
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Snyder, Frank J.; Vuchinich, Samuel; Acock, Alan; Washburn, Isaac J.; Flay, Brian R. – Journal of School Health, 2012
Background: School safety and quality affect student learning and success. This study examined the effects of a comprehensive elementary school-wide social-emotional and character education program, Positive Action, on teacher, parent, and student perceptions of school safety and quality utilizing a matched-pair, cluster-randomized, controlled…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Social Development, Emotional Development, Moral Development
Inspiring Courage in Girls: An Evaluation of Practices and Outcomes
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Whittington, Anja; Mack, Erica Nixon – Journal of Experiential Education, 2010
Adventure-based programs focusing on adolescent girls' development often claim that they cultivate courage in girls; however, very little research has examined whether they accomplish this goal or how they accomplish this goal. An evaluation was conducted on one such program, Passages Northwest, to examine the efficacy of adventure-based…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Females, Experiential Learning, Womens Education
Crossing into Uncharted Territory: Developing Thoughtful, Ethical School Administrators
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Surface, Jeanne L. – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2009
In this distrustful, unstable, and ethically polarized era, there is a need to prepare school administrators to resolve a myriad of moral dilemmas. As professors of school administration, how can we make sure that our future leaders have the capacity to make thoughtful, ethical decisions? How do we prepare these leaders to develop, foster and lead…
Descriptors: School Administration, Administrator Education, Ethics, Ethical Instruction
Psychological Applications and Trends 2018
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2018, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Challenging Talented Youth: The Impact of the Arkansas Governor's School on Selected Student Outcomes.
Robinson, Ann – 1988
This study investigated 394 participants in the 1987 Arkansas Governor's School (AGS) and a comparison group of 60 AGS alternates on selected measures of cognitive development and personal/social acceptance. The AGS is a 6-week intensive residential program for talented high school students who had finished their junior year. Information was…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, High School Students