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Alexander Woodman; Khawaja Bilal Waheed; Rehab Y. Al-Ansari; Shakil Ahmad; Tanzeel Ur Rehman; Mohammad Rasheed; Nizar Jaoua – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
This systematic literature review was conducted to examine the most studied neurodevelopmental disorders reported in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and explore public knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Electronic literature databases such as PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, and Google Scholar from May 2010 to May 2022. The literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Golob, Sacha – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2021
This paper addresses a central aspect of Kant's theory of moral progress and its links to both political violence and pedagogy. Kant claims in the "Conflict of the Faculties" that the reaction to the French Revolution demonstrates that the 'human race has always progressed and will further progress toward the better'. It thus constitutes…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Moral Values, Values Education, Educational Philosophy
Sharon Lamb; Lindsey White; Madeline Brodt – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
Humane Acts Bystander Intervention Training curriculum (HABIT) aims to reach students less inclined to learn from liberal and more-feminist education offered in current curricula. Using moral foundations theory to encourage bystander intervention in potential sexual assault situations, the authors taught and assessed 137 diverse students within an…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Audiences, Intervention, Student Behavior
Yunqi Peng; Jiarui Wu; Binli Chen; Xiying Wang – European Journal of Education, 2024
Dating sexual violence (DSV) is a serious social problem among college students worldwide. This study examines the effects of gender role attitudes (GRA) in DSV and the mediating role of rape myth acceptance (RMA) among students of different sexual orientations in China. A total of 2134 Chinese college students (553 men and 1581 women, 1751…
Descriptors: Rape, Social Attitudes, Dating (Social), College Students
Uchenna, Emenaha – American Biology Teacher, 2022
High school students are very seldomly, if at all, taught that race is a social rather than biological construct, and this pedagogical omission has led to biological essentialism. Biological essentialism is the belief that race can be used in predictable ways to determine intellect and/or behavior. Biological essentialism can result in the belief…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Race, Stereotypes
Sit, Tyler – Religious Education, 2020
"Centering Marginalized Voices" is the second of nine Christian life rhythms explored in the upcoming book tentatively titled Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers (Chalice Press). Author Rev. Tyler Sit explains how his multiethnic, Millennial church plant in South Minneapolis (New City Church, https://GrowNewCity.church), follows…
Descriptors: Christianity, Churches, Racial Bias, Social Justice
Sandra Portocarrero; James T. Carter – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
We demonstrate how organizational contexts influence status beliefs. Specifically, we draw from in- depth interviews conducted with current and former U.S. Foreign Service officers to explain how recipients of the U.S. Department of State Pickering Fellowship learn to accept a devaluing status belief about this accolade once they enter the Foreign…
Descriptors: Social Status, Social Attitudes, Beliefs, Social Differences
Saribas, Deniz; Çetinkaya, Ertan – Science & Education, 2021
Along with the COVID-19 outbreak, which has been a global threat for public health, the unconfirmed information about the pandemic in circulation has become another threat. Hence, it has become important to improve public understanding of science with a focus on explaining the nature of uncertainty in science and its impacts. The goal of the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Preservice Teachers, Misconceptions
Pasley, And – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
This article provides an account of the role that agential realism might play in sex research, intersexuality and education, as well as the possibilities this opens up for research, institutions, policy, intersex communities and understandings of intersexuality. The account begins by addressing key issues in the field of sex research,…
Descriptors: Research, Sexuality, LGBTQ People, Sexual Identity
Dickman-Burnett, Victoria L.; Fisher, Bonnie S.; Dariotis, Jacinda K.; Geaman, Maribeth – Journal of School Violence, 2021
With sexual violence prevention programs gaining traction in secondary schools, students' attitudes toward sexual violence have begun to be measured more frequently. While these attitudes are measured as outcomes of prevention programs, students' preexisting attitudes toward sexual violence shape how prevention programs are received by the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Rape, Prevention
Martini, Mara; De Piccoli, Norma – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Interventions addressing the endemic of sexual violence at European universities are scarce, particularly those that take a bystander focus to sexual violence prevention and involve university staff. Evidence-based data on their effectiveness are also lacking. This article reports the description of a pilot evaluation study of the USVreact Italian…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Violence, Prevention, College Environment
Fleckman, Julia; Brown, Komal; Lederer, Alyssa; Stoltman, Sarah; Craft, Timothy – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Background: Sexual violence (SV) prevalence remains high among U.S. college campuses; prevention strategies may benefit from addressing socially oppressive beliefs, including racism, sexism, and heterosexism that all directly link to attitudes and beliefs related to SV. Aims: The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential efficacy of a…
Descriptors: Rape, Violence, Sexual Abuse, Racism
Delamarter, Jeremy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2020
Preservice teachers base their expectations of teaching on the cultural images that surround them. Unfortunately, these images tell an incomplete story, and preservice teachers' expectations of teaching often reflect a narrow understanding of a fantastically complex endeavor. Jeremy Delamarter explains that, to help their candidates thrive,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Expectation, Teaching (Occupation)
Cox, David J.; Villegas, Andrea; Barlow, Molly A. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
A recently published article sought to determine the extent to which behaviorism and humanism can be reconciled (Shyman, 2016). However, the "current" conceptions of behaviorism and applied behavior analysis (ABA) used for the analysis were based on mischaracterizations, rendering moot many of the points made. Nevertheless, Shyman (2016)…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Humanism, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Autism
Bertl, Bianca; Andrzejewski, Denise; Hyland, Lynda; Shrivastava, Anita; Russell, Douglas; Pietschnig, Jakob – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
The identification of determinants and correlates of academic entitlement is of particular interest for researchers and (academic) tutors alike. Whilst personality traits have been linked to academic entitlement in the past, the relative importance of familial influence remains unclear. Hence, to address this deficit, this study utilizes a sample…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Family Influence