In recent decades, research on plagiarism has helped to raise awareness of the complex and multifaceted nature of plagiarism. Yet despite these strides, several influential academic contexts have yet to be examined. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine pre-service teachers' conceptions of plagiarism at a university in Norway, a…

I argue for taking John Dewey's pluralistic ethics as a starting point, or embedded practice, from and in which technological innovations are conceptualized, critiqued, designed, tested, and eventually implemented. Dewey reconstructs human reason into operational intelligence where all behavior becomes gradually imaginative. I take Dewey's view of…

The purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine the decision-making skills of senior management leaders in the higher education sector and how those leaders drew on their moral and ethical skills when making decisions that presented ethical dilemmas. This examination was conducted among several public universities within the…

Reporting and investigating research misconduct can lead to disciplinary proceedings being initiated, and ultimately to disciplinary sanctions being imposed on convicted scientists. The conversion of research misconduct findings into disciplinary sanctions is poorly understood. This article analyses all the disciplinary decisions handed down on…

As the ideological pillar of modern Japan's imperial system, the Imperial Rescript on Education was profoundly imprinted on Japan's modern education. But, in fact, multiple alternative proposals for developing modern education were put forth in the mid-Meiji period. One such proposal was the ethics ("rinri") education promoted by the…

Wuxia culture has deep historical roots in traditional Chinese culture and is an important manifestation of the national spirit and social values. This study explores the cultural representation mechanism of Wuxia animation characters and analyzes their educational functions and communication paths. Current research on Wuxia animation is…

We investigated direct experiences with nature and socialization as predictors of preschool-aged children's environmental moral reasoning. Children (n = 146; 52.7% male) from three U.S. states completed biophilia and environmental moral reasoning interviews. Parents (n=98) completed surveys about their children's activities in natural areas and…

Religious and Moral Education (RME) in primary schools has been an under-researched aspect of state-funded schooling in Scotland. It has received little scholarly comment, and even less empirical research has been conducted on the extent and nature of provision since the implementation of Scotland's "Curriculum for Excellence" from 2010…

A base model was tested composed of insecure attachment at age 3 years, poor emotional and behavioral self-regulation at age 5 years, and weak empathy at age 9 years predicted delinquency at age 15 years with and without the intervening influence of two dimensions of antisocial cognition: moral neutralization and cognitive impulsivity, both of…

Cyberbullying has garnered growing attention, yet existing research lacks nuanced insights into the dynamics of students' cyberbullying profiles and the associated risk factors across multiple domains. This study aims to (1) investigate K-12 students' cyberbullying profiles, (2) develop an AI predictive model for cyberbullying roles, and (3)…

This study focuses on the application of virtual reality (VR) technology in moral education. Traditional moral education faces many challenges, but VR technology, with its immersive, interactive, and imaginative characteristics, constructs an immersive moral education environment. Through quasi-experimental research, it was found that the…

Arguments relating moral and character education to the field of physical education are not novel. Despite this, there are few studies dedicated to studying how and why physical education teachers use character education in schools. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to address this literature gap by studying how seven teachers employed…

Background/purpose: This research aims to analyze the impact of the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) model in differentiated learning to improve students' character values and learning outcomes in Pancasila and Civic Education (PPKn) at the elementary school level. Materials/methods: The study employs a descriptive qualitative method with a case study…

This study examined how the Chinese state has strategically mobilized the music curriculum as a vehicle for its political ideologies and moral education, as reflected in its officially approved textbooks. Drawing on Michael Apple's conceptualization of education as cultural reproduction and Lucy Green's analysis of the ideological construction of…

The present study extends the concept of Organisational Ethical Climate (OEC) to the school context, addressing a gap in the literature that has predominantly investigated this construct in workplace settings. We investigated how shared ethical norms within school shape students' class identification and, in turn, key educational outcomes such as…