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Teaching Bioethics in High Schools
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Araújo, Joana; Gomes, Carlos Costa; Jácomo, António; Pereira, Sandra Martins – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: The Bioethics Teaching in Secondary Education (Project BEST) aims to promote the teaching of bioethics in secondary schools. This paper describes the development and implementation of the programme in Portugal. Design: Programme development involved two main tasks: (1) using the learning tools previously developed by the US Northwest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Ethical Instruction, Biology
A Study of the Effectiveness of a Character Education Program to Prevent Bullying in Fourth and Seventh Grade
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Shapiro, Deborah J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to assess whether bullying behaviors were impacted by the character education curriculum "Character Counts!" in fourth and seventh grade students. More specifically, over time are the perceptions that the students had of bullying behaviors impacted and is there a difference between the perceptions that boys…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Correlation, Surveys, Student Attitudes
Cheating Tendency in Examinations among Secondary School Students in Nigeria: A Case Study of Schools in the Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross River State
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Bisong, Nonso Ngozika; Akpama, Felicia; Edet, Pauline B. – Policy Futures in Education, 2009
This study is designed to examine cheating tendency among secondary school students in Nigeria, with evidence from schools in the Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. A total of 331 respondents in Senior Secondary 3 classes were randomly selected from 10 post-primary schools in the area. A survey questionnaire was used to elicit…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cheating, Tests, Foreign Countries
Current Practices of Character Education in Public Secondary Schools in Virginia
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Griggs-Drane, Ellen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study focused on current practices of character education in Virginia secondary schools and intended to establish baseline data. The research was conducted in two phases and used a mixed methodology. Of the 621 secondary schools in Virginia, a combination of 243 urban and county schools were randomly selected to participate in Phase One of…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Secondary Schools, Federal Legislation, Geographic Location
1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007. Issue Brief. NCES 2009-030
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This Issue Brief provides estimates of the number and percentage of homeschooled students in the United States in 2007 and compares these estimates to those from 1999 and 2003. From 1999 to 2007, the number of homeschooled students in the United States increased, as did the homeschooling rate. In 2007, parents homeschooled their children for a…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Home Schooling, Educational Environment, Religious Education
Citizenship and Personal, Social and Health Education in Catholic Secondary Schools: Stakeholders' Views
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Fincham, David – Pastoral Care in Education: An International Journal for Pastoral Care & Personal-Social Education, 2007
During 1999-2000, the writer carried out a survey of six randomly selected Catholic secondary schools in England to examine the attitudes of stakeholder groups towards Citizenship and Personal, Social and Health Education. Questionnaires were completed by six governors, 12 parents, 139 pupils, 12 teachers and six school leaders, providing insight…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Secondary Schools, Catholics, Health Education