Kirsi Tirri
Biographic Data
| ID | 286725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsi Tirri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsi |
| FAMILY NAME | Tirri |
| SIGNATURE | TIRRI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5847-344X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 57 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 56 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Language mindsets and gender as predictors of foreign language classroom anxiety among university students
Anxiety negatively impacts the well-being and performance of university students. For language instructors, of particular relevance is a specific form of learner anxiety: foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA). This study investigated the extent to which language mindsets predicted FLCA among a sample of 292 students taking courses in eight different languages at a large university in Finland. Multiple regression analysis showed that two facto…
How do Chinese volunteer and non-volunteer student teachers differ in their life purpose
Our era calls for purposeful teachers to reimagine a sustainable and just society. This study investigated the influence of volunteer teaching, a form of service learning, on teachers’ purpose development in the context of teacher education in China. The life purpose of volunteer student teachers was examined and compared with that of their non-volunteer peers using the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (N = 601) and two open-ended questions (N = 524…
Teachers' professional ethics: Theoretical frameworks and empirical research from Finland
In our book Teachers’ Professional Ethics: Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Research from Finland, we present the national ethical code for Finnish teachers and the values that guide their work in Finland. Finnish teachers are ethical professionals who have more freedom in their work than many of their international peers. The respected status of Finnish teachers has made Finland an exemplar country in teacher education that many countries wa…
Why volunteer to teach? The motivation of volunteer student teachers to enter the teaching profession
Service learning, as a practice that links community service with learning activities, is gaining popularity in teacher education as an experiential educational approach. However, a deeper understanding of teachers’ motivation in service learning is required to improve teacher retention and commitment. Utilising the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice (FIT-Choice) framework, this empirical study attempts to understand the reasons why student teac…
Purposeful teachers and teaching in Finland and Estonia
The purpose of this study was to investigate how Finnish and Estonian teachers perceive their purpose in life (nFIN=238, nEST=376) and purposeful teaching (nFIN=11, nEST=8). A mixed-method convergent design and sequential explanatory design were utilised. Quantitative data (nFIN= 238, nEST=376) was first gathered and analysed; then, on the basis of this analysis, qualitative interviews were conducted to explore the quantitative findings in greate…
Finnish teachers’ mindsets and conceptions of neuroplasticity
Teachers’ mindsets play a significant role in supporting and advancing students’ learning trajectories. While considerable research has focused on the impact of teacher mindsets on instructional practices and motivational factors, less attention has been paid to their understanding of neuroplasticity – one of the fundamental concepts behind a growth mindset – and its potential link with mindsets. The purpose of this study is to examine Finnish pr…
Literature review on teachers’ mindsets, growth-oriented practices and why they matter
This literature review focuses on earlier research on teachers’ mindsets, i.e., teachers’ implicit beliefs about the malleability of basic human qualities such as intelligence. More specifically, the review focuses on what teachers’ mindsets are, how teachers’ mindsets manifest in the teaching, studying, and learning process, how teachers’ mindsets and growth-oriented practices are related to students’ mindsets and learning, and how teachers’ min…
Identifying and Supporting Giftedness and Talent in Schools—Introduction to a Special Collection of Research
This Special Issue on “Identifying and Supporting Giftedness and Talent in Schools” contains 19 articles from differing international contexts: Australia, Austria, Finland, France, Greece, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, and the USA [...]
Climate Competencies of Finnish Gifted and Average-Ability High School Students
In the face of global issues such as climate change, the world needs action competent, transformationally gifted citizens, who are willing to step up and take responsibility for a better future. However, empirical evidence on what supports the development of transformational giftedness is limited. Furthermore, the relationship between academic giftedness and transformational giftedness has not been clearly pronounced. The purpose of this study is…
Non-Native Gifted Students in a Finnish Teacher Training School: A Case Study
It is a global challenge to meet the needs of non-native gifted students in the classroom. This case study investigates how Finland, a country with a high-achieving school system and a growing multicultural student population, serves its non-native gifted students. In interviews at a Finnish teacher training school, non-native gifted students and their parents and teachers described their school experiences. The interviews were analyzed for patte…
The moral teacher in global transition: The 2022 Kohlberg Memorial Lecture
According to Kohlberg, a moral teacher is an independent moral agent capable of addressing moral dilemmas based on general principles of justice. In addition to moral reasoning, teachers require competencies in moral sensitivity, moral motivation, and the implementation of morality. In the current period of global transition, moral sensitivity in teaching is particularly emphasized along with the skills to identify culture-invariant and culture-d…
Ethical sensitivity of Finnish and Estonian teachers
The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ ethical sensitivity in Finland (N = 255) and Estonia (N = 412). The survey included the quantitative Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire and a qualitative open-ended question about successful teaching. In order to capture its essential characteristics, ethical sensitivity was examined using a four-factor structure. Triangulated data indicated that Caring by connecting to others was the mo…
Finnish and Estonian teachers’ views on the nature of intelligence
The purpose of this study was to investigate Finnish ( n = 226) and Estonian ( n = 347) teachers’ views on the nature of intelligence. The study utilized a survey that included a qualitative, open-ended question about teachers’ definition of intelligence and the quantitative inventory Implicit Theories of Intelligence (ITI). We then employed a convergent mixed-method design to understand teachers’ views on the nature of intelligence. These views …
How Mindsets, Academic Performance, and Gender Predict Finnish Students’ Educational Aspirations
This study examined Finnish eighth graders’ (N = 1136) educational aspirations and how those can be predicted by mindsets, academic achievement, and gender. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate how two mindset constructs (intelligence and giftedness), domain-specific academic performance (mathematics and reading), and gender relate to students’ educational aspirations on three levels (academic, vocational, and un…
Exemplar Parents’ Practices of Engagement with Their Children’s Learning in Finland and Portugal: A Multiple-Case Study
Parental engagement is a central aspect of children’s holistic education, i.e., schooling-related and nonschooling-related learning. Parents’ role in supporting such integrative learning is increasingly necessary to develop students’ social, emotional, and intellectual skills. Nonetheless, it remains unclear which parental practices support holistic learning. The purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to identify and describe the cur…
Implementing and Evaluating Growth Mindset Pedagogy – A Study of Finnish Elementary School Teachers
This article presents a study of five teachers at a Finnish elementary school who implemented and evaluated growth mindset pedagogy (GMP). The teachers received GMP training and conducted student interventions in their classrooms. We analyzed the impact of GMP on the teacher’s pedagogical thinking and practices and found significant differences between fixed-mindset and growth-mindset teachers in the ways they internalized and applied GMP princip…
How Finnish and Portuguese Parents’ Implicit Beliefs About Learning Actualize at Home
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore parental engagement in the home learning environment, and parents’ implicit beliefs about learning underlying such engagement. Nineteen parents of school children between 7 and 12 years old were interviewed in two different cultural contexts, Finland ( N = 10) and Portugal ( N = 9). The interviews were subjected to inductive and deductive content analysis. Forms of parental engagement at home w…
Finnish and Portuguese Parents’ Perspectives on the Role of Teachers in Parent-Teacher Partnerships and Parental Engagement
The current educational reforms in Finland and Portugal require a holistic engagement of parents with learning, bringing parents and teachers together as partners. This qualitative study, which interviewed Finnish (N = 10) and Portuguese (N = 9) parents, aimed to explore parents’ views on the role of teachers in supporting parent–teacher partnerships and parental engagement with the school. Inductive content analysis was performed to analyze the …
Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective-Introduction to a Special Collection of Research
This special issue on “Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective” contains eleven articles focused on varied current topics in teacher education all over the world [...]
The Challenge of Educating Purposeful Teachers in Finland
This article discusses the challenges of educating teachers in Finland. As a goal in teacher education for the 21st century we propose the purposeful teacher, referring to a teacher who has a long-term moral commitment to serve students, the school community and society. Our data collected from student (N = 912) and practising (N = 77) teachers yielded information on the purposes they identified as important in their lives. The survey included qu…
Predictors of Parental Contentment with the Amount of Encouraging Digital Feedback from Teachers in Finnish Schools
The Finnish National curriculum obligates teachers to give parents encouraging feedback about their children’s learning and development, the aim being to build a constructive relationship between homes and schools and to encourage close collaboration among all parties. Teachers in Finland nowadays use digital platforms that allow effective online communication. The frequency and quality of such communication vary a great deal. In particular, ther…
Current Challenges in School Leadership in Estonia and Finland: A Multiple-Case Study among Exemplary Principals
The purpose of this study was to find out what current challenges successful principals in Estonia and Finland identify in developing their schools. The strategies used in dealing with these challenges were also analyzed within the framework of "growth-mindset pedagogy" as an educational approach to school leadership. The principals were interviewed, and the resulting data were analyzed by means of both inductive and deductive content analysis. T…
Construction and deconstruction of student teachers’ professional identity: A narrative study
Academic Integrity in Higher Education of Ukraine: Current State and Call for Action
The research aims to define the scope and challenges of intellectual property rights protection in higher schools of Ukraine and offer recommendations to address those for higher education officials and university leaders. The findings of the research rely on the results of an anonymous expert survey conducted among non-law students of two institutions of higher education using a specially designed questionnaire. They reveal a significantly low l…
Virtues that create purpose for ethical leadership: Exemplary principals from Estonia and Finland
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 critical incidents were related to themselves as principals and to their work with teachers, students and …
Adolescents' implicit theories predict desire for vengeance after peer conflicts: Correlational and experimental evidence
Why do some adolescents respond to interpersonal conflicts vengefully, whereas others seek more positive solutions? Three studies investigated the role of implicit theories of personality in predicting violent or vengeful responses to peer conflicts among adolescents in Grades 9 and 10. They showed that a greater belief that traits are fixed (an entity theory) predicted a stronger desire for revenge after a variety of recalled peer conflicts (Stu…
In search of a growth mindset pedagogy: A case study of one teacher's classroom practices in a Finnish elementary school
In this article we take up the two-fold task of creating a framework for a growth mindset pedagogy on the basis of our previous studies and exploring the critical points of this pedagogy in the classroom of a mixed-mindset teacher. The data include classroom observations and stimulated recall interviews. The results show how a teacher who is socialized into the Finnish educational system pursues core features of growth mindset pedagogy, despite n…
Developing whole school pedagogical values—A case of going through the ethos of “good schooling”
A case study approach to study one teacher's moral reflection
The epistemological stance between the knower and the known
Finnish Teachers' Ethical Sensitivity
The study examined the ethical sensitivity of Finnish teachers (N=864) using a 28-item Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ESSQ). The psychometric qualities of this instrument were analyzed, as were the differences in self-reported ethical sensitivity between practicing and student teachers and teachers of different subjects. The results showed that the psychometric qualities of the ESSQ were satisfactory and enabled the use of an explorativ…
Parents' and Teachers' Views on Digital Communication in Finland
Parents' and teachers' well-functioning communication supports their partnership and also benefits pupils' well-being. Today, communication largely takes place using electronic tools. In the current study, Finnish parents' (N = 1123) and teachers' (N = 118) opinions on digital communication in urban and rural areas were studied by applying a new 14-item Digital Communication Scale (DCS) created for the purpose. The three-factor structured DCS was…
How Do School Children and Adolescents Perceive the Nature of Talent Development? A Case Study from Finland
This article examines how school children and adolescents (N = 607) perceive the nature of talent development. More particularly it is investigated whether students perceive intelligence and giftedness as developing or as inherent and how students' perspectives on talent development are related to their learning outcomes. Participants were students in elementary (n = 200), lower secondary (n = 256), and upper secondary school (n = 151). The resul…
The Cultural Dependence of the Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire: The Case of Iranian Kurdish Teachers
A good theory-based tool for measuring ethical sensitivity, which is usable in different contexts, is scarce. In this study, we examined the Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ESSQ) in line with its seven-dimension structure. The scale was presented to a sample of 556 Iranian Kurdish teachers in primary, middle, and high schools. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to scrutinize the original factor structure of the ESSQ. The result…
Construction and deconstruction of student teachers’ professional identity: A narrative study
Finnish Teachers' Attitudes About Muslim Students and Muslim Student Integration
Although there is much discussion of educational needs and how to integrate Muslim students into modern Western contexts, there is a shortage of research on teachers' attitudes about these issues. Finland offers a particularly interesting context for research, given its relatively new, small, yet rapidly growing Muslim population, its prominence of negative attitudes to visible religiosity, and its official policy of multiculturalism. This articl…
A Cross-Cultural Study of Gifted Students' Scientific, Societal, and Moral Questions Concerning Science
This study investigated the number and nature of gifted female and male students' scientific, societal, and moral questions concerning science. The participants (N=658) of this study were 16–19-year-old international students from 55 countries and two continents, Asia and Europe. They applied to participate in the Millennium Youth Camp held in 2011 in Finland. The students came from scientifically and mathematically oriented schools, and they had…
Caring Teaching as a Moral Practice: An Exploratory Study on Perceived Dimensions of Caring Teaching
Caring teaching is a conceptual framework used to gain an insight into the moral aspect of teaching. Using a quantitative research approach, we studied 556 teachers in order to explore their perceived dimensions of caring teaching. Drawing on existing literature, we found that caring teaching has been elaborated in line with two broad concepts: personal care and academic care. Considering these concepts, we developed the Caring Teaching Scale wit…
Purposeful teachers and teaching in Finland and Estonia
The purpose of this study was to investigate how Finnish and Estonian teachers perceive their purpose in life (nFIN=238, nEST=376) and purposeful teaching (nFIN=11, nEST=8). A mixed-method convergent design and sequential explanatory design were utilised. Quantitative data (nFIN= 238, nEST=376) was first gathered and analysed; then, on the basis of this analysis, qualitative interviews were conducted to explore the quantitative findings in greate…
Finnish teachers’ mindsets and conceptions of neuroplasticity
Teachers’ mindsets play a significant role in supporting and advancing students’ learning trajectories. While considerable research has focused on the impact of teacher mindsets on instructional practices and motivational factors, less attention has been paid to their understanding of neuroplasticity – one of the fundamental concepts behind a growth mindset – and its potential link with mindsets. The purpose of this study is to examine Finnish pr…
Is ethical sensitivity in teaching culturally bound? Comparing Finnish and Iranian teachers’ ethical sensitivity
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 Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire. The analyses revealed that ‘Caring by connecting to others’ is a …
The Moral Core of Teaching
Kirsi Tirri 1 and Elizabeth Campbell 2 and Liam Gearon 3 and Terence J. Lovat 4 1, Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland 2, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6, Canada 3, Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PY, UK 4, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Callag…
How Teachers Perceive Differentiation of Education among the Gifted and Talented
This paper reports a study of how Finnish elementary and secondary teachers perceive the need to differentiate education for gifted and talented youth. Conducted in 1989, this survey involved 393 teachers. The motivation for this study arises from current discussion on the development of gifted education in Finland. The official educational policy in Finland has acknowledged the need to create special programs for gifted students. This study atte…
The epistemological stance between the knower and the known
A Cross-Cultural Study of Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Gifted Children and Programs for Gifted Children
Few cross-cultural studies have focused on attitudes toward gifted children and gifted programs, and few studies regarding these attitudes have induded preservice teachers as part of the sample. This study addressed both of these issues. A sample of 300 teachers that induded regular classroom teachers, preservice teachers, and gifted program teachers from Finland and the United States completed an attitude scale and six demographic questions. The…
Beliefs and Values of Successful Scientists
This article discusses a construction of academic work ethic among 16 gifted Finnish scientists. It highlights theoretical assumptions and practical implications of values and beliefs in the context of scientific work. Following the work of Kolhberg (1969, 1984) and Gilligan (1982), we build our theoretical pre-understandings on the ethics of justice and care. However, these orientations are insufficient to explain all the beliefs and values asso…
A case study approach to study one teacher's moral reflection
Cross-Cultural Predictors of Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Gifted Education
This study compared the culture-dependent attitudes of Finnish teachers (N.147) and American teachers (N.160) toward gifted education. The teachers from both countries represented preservice teachers, regular classroom teachers, and teachers of the gifted. Emphasis was on the relationship of attitude to culture from which the teacher came. The relationship of attitude to demographic variables such as age, gender, having a gifted family member, an…
The Intelligence Profile of Finnish Peacekeepers
This paper explores the self-rated intelligence-profile inventory based on the seven dimensions of Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences in the sample of Finnish peacekeepers in Kosovo. The other goal is to test the instrument as a self-assessment tool to evaluate one’s spiritual sensitivity, the eighth spiritual intelligence dimension. Bayesian network modeling was used to study statistical dependencies between variables. Alpha value…
How do Finnish pre‐adolescents perceive religion and spirituality
The purpose of this study is to investigate how Finnish pre‐adolescents perceive religion and spirituality. The participants of the study are 12‐ to 13‐year‐old Grade 6 pupils (N=102). The pupils were asked to give their meanings of religion and spirituality. The data includes over 700 written expressions on the two concepts. The qualitative content analysis of the data produced three dimensions. They were called the institutional dimension, the …
Conceptual Definition and Empirical Validation of the Spiritual Sensitivity Scale
In this study, we extend the Multiple Intelligence Profile Questionnaire (Tirri and Komulainen, 2002) based on Gardner's (1983) MI theory with spiritual intelligence (SQ). The operationalization of SQ was tested with an empirical sample of Finnish preadolescents, adolescents and adults (N = 496). First, we studied if 20 spiritual intelligence items reflect the categories of spiritual sensitivity (Hay, 1998; Bradford, 1995). The categories are: Aw…
Values and Foundations in Gifted Education
Developing whole school pedagogical values—A case of going through the ethos of “good schooling”
Motivational Approaches to the Study of Theology in Relation to Spirituality
This study concerns the relationship between motivational approaches to the study of theology and spirituality. The motivational approaches expressed by students are considered in terms of reasons for choosing theology as a field of study, and these factors are compared to dimensions of spiritual sensitivity. A total of 137 first-year students completed a questionnaire covering their motives for enrolling in the Faculty of Theology and their spir…
How Morality and Religiosity Relate to Intelligence: A Case Study of Mathematically Gifted Adolescents
In this article we explore the moral and religious reasoning of mathematically gifted adolescents (N = 20) who attend a special boarding school for gifted students in Finland. The sample consists of 11 female and 9 male first-year upper secondary school students (Mage = 16.25, SDage = 0.444). The participants' intelligence and their moral and religious reasoning were measured by means of the following instruments: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scal…
Spirituality in education
In this article the concept of spirituality in the educational framework is discussed. The concepts of religion and spirituality are compared. The psychological view of spirituality is presented with a new suggested intelligence type: spiritual intelligence. The educational view emphasizes spiritual sensitivity as a universal human ability that needs to be developed through education. The sociological view of spirituality explores it as an expres…
Adolescents' implicit theories predict desire for vengeance after peer conflicts: Correlational and experimental evidence
Why do some adolescents respond to interpersonal conflicts vengefully, whereas others seek more positive solutions? Three studies investigated the role of implicit theories of personality in predicting violent or vengeful responses to peer conflicts among adolescents in Grades 9 and 10. They showed that a greater belief that traits are fixed (an entity theory) predicted a stronger desire for revenge after a variety of recalled peer conflicts (Stu…
A Cross-Cultural Study of Gifted Students' Scientific, Societal, and Moral Questions Concerning Science
This study investigated the number and nature of gifted female and male students' scientific, societal, and moral questions concerning science. The participants (N=658) of this study were 16–19-year-old international students from 55 countries and two continents, Asia and Europe. They applied to participate in the Millennium Youth Camp held in 2011 in Finland. The students came from scientifically and mathematically oriented schools, and they had…
The Moral Core of Teaching
Kirsi Tirri 1 and Elizabeth Campbell 2 and Liam Gearon 3 and Terence J. Lovat 4 1, Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland 2, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6, Canada 3, Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PY, UK 4, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Callag…
Caring Teaching as a Moral Practice: An Exploratory Study on Perceived Dimensions of Caring Teaching
Caring teaching is a conceptual framework used to gain an insight into the moral aspect of teaching. Using a quantitative research approach, we studied 556 teachers in order to explore their perceived dimensions of caring teaching. Drawing on existing literature, we found that caring teaching has been elaborated in line with two broad concepts: personal care and academic care. Considering these concepts, we developed the Caring Teaching Scale wit…
The Cultural Dependence of the Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire: The Case of Iranian Kurdish Teachers
A good theory-based tool for measuring ethical sensitivity, which is usable in different contexts, is scarce. In this study, we examined the Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ESSQ) in line with its seven-dimension structure. The scale was presented to a sample of 556 Iranian Kurdish teachers in primary, middle, and high schools. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to scrutinize the original factor structure of the ESSQ. The result…
Finnish Teachers' Ethical Sensitivity
The study examined the ethical sensitivity of Finnish teachers (N=864) using a 28-item Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ESSQ). The psychometric qualities of this instrument were analyzed, as were the differences in self-reported ethical sensitivity between practicing and student teachers and teachers of different subjects. The results showed that the psychometric qualities of the ESSQ were satisfactory and enabled the use of an explorativ…
Gender variance in interreligious sensitivity among Finnish pupils
This paper examines gender variance in the interreligious sensitivity among Finnish children and youth using a non-probability sample of 1000 Finnish lower secondary school pupils representing the age group 12–16. The data were gathered in three geographical locations: the capital city of Helsinki area, and two smaller municipalities in other parts of the country. The pupils’ self-reported attitudes towards interreligious sensitivity were measure…
The core of religious education: Finnish student teachers’ pedagogical aims
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 teachers identified familiarising oneself with one’s own and other religions in addition to growing ethicall…
The Relationship between Ethical Sensitivity, High Ability and Gender in Higher Education Students
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 research question was explored and subjected to a Mann-Whitney U Test: Are there any differences in ethical…
Student Perceptions of Teacher Support and Competencies for Fostering Youth Purpose and Positive Youth Development: Perspectives From Two Countries
With the growing interest in the development of purpose in youth, one important role that requires attention is the school teacher. The current article explores student perceptions of the role teachers can play in fostering purpose in their students in the mid- and late adolescent years, and the teacher competencies that facilitate purpose development. The present investigation posits and tests a structural model in which student perceptions of t…
Is ethical sensitivity in teaching culturally bound? Comparing Finnish and Iranian teachers’ ethical sensitivity
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 Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire. The analyses revealed that ‘Caring by connecting to others’ is a …
Psychology (54 works) · Pedagogy (35 works) · Mathematics education (30 works) · Social Psychology (24 works) · Sociology (22 works) · Political science (15 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (13 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Epistemology (10 works)