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Teaching Virtue
(2018)
Can virtue be taught? The question is a controversial one, harking back to Confucianism and the Platonic dialogues. We assume that virtue can be taught in the sense that teachers can influence character development in ...
Invisible Minority: Military-Connected Adolescents in Secondary Schools
(2018-12-14)
Military families and military-connected children are a vital source of support – the backbone for soldiers fighting in our armed forces. There are currently four million military-connected children in the U.S. and 80% of ...
How to Train a Better Scientist: Intellectual Virtues, Epistemic Reasoning and Science Education
(2017-07)
This article was originally published in the Self, Motivation & Virtue Project’s e-Newsletter 09, July 2017.
The New American Settlement: Religious Diversity, Democracy & Public Schooling
(2016-05-13)
As the United States becomes increasingly religiously diverse, public schools must also face the implications of such diversity. While all public schools may not witness such diversity in the classroom, it is a socio-cultural ...
Practicing a Professional Ethic: Leading for Students’ Best Interests
(2011-08)
This research examined secondary administrators’ perspectives about the expression
“the best interests of the student.” Principals’ intimate reflections provided
empirical insights into what they mean when they use the ...
Teaching from a place of hope in Indigenous education
(2017)
The Council on Anthropology and Education’s Standing Committee on Indigenous Education has had a presence at the Annual Meetings of the American Anthropology Association over the past decade. The CAE Indigenous Education ...
Voices of a female white/non-white Brazilian Educator
(2019-12-06)
In this thesis, the author employs testimonio to present her voices as a female Brazilian educator who has always been considered white in her home country, and who comes to study at a university in the United States of ...
AUTONOMY SUPPORT, COMPETENCE SUPPORT, AND RELATIONAL SUPPORT CAN FOSTER SELF-EFFICACY FOR SELF-REGULATED LEARNING IN URBAN SCHOOLS
(2014)
Purpose. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between school conditions (namely: autonomy support, competence support, and relational support) and student self-efficacy for self-regulated learning ...