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Hess, Justin L.; Strobel, Johannes; Pan, Rui; Wachter Morris, Carrie A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
This study focuses on two seldom-investigated skills or dispositions aligned with engineering habits of mind--empathy and care. In order to conduct quantitative research, we designed, explored the underlying structure of, validated, and tested the reliability of the Empathy and Care Questionnaire (ECQ), a new psychometric instrument. In the second…
Descriptors: Engineering, Professional Personnel, Empathy, Caring
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Årdal, Elisabeth; Holsen, Ingrid; Diseth, Åge; Larsen, Torill – School Psychology International, 2018
The aim of this study was to examine the mediating effect of the Five Cs of Positive Youth Development (PYD) on the relationship between students' perceived school empowerment and school satisfaction, as well as gender differences in these relationships. The data stemmed from a cross-sectional survey of 997 adolescents from four upper secondary…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Student Empowerment, Student Satisfaction, Gender Differences
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Johansson, Stina; Ahnlund, Petra – Educational Gerontology, 2014
In this article, we have followed women and men with a Swedish or an immigrant background that have completed the Upper Secondary Health Care Program. In which occupations do they work? Who employs them? Which target groups do they serve? Official statistics and survey data were used. The interaction between occupational structure and educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Occupational Surveys, Gender Differences
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Storli, Rune; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This paper explores teacher-reported prevalence of rough-and-tumble play (R&T) in preschool and investigates how their restriction to such play varies in different play environments (indoor and outdoor). An electronic questionnaire exploring preschool teachers' beliefs and practices regarding children's dramatic play themes was conducted by…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Environmental Influences, Questionnaires
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McChristian, Chrystal L.; Ray, Glen E.; Tidwell, Pamela S.; LoBello, Steven G. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2012
Second-, third-, fifth-, and sixth-grade children evaluated relationship qualities of a self-nominated friend and a self-nominated very best friend over a 6-month school year period. Results demonstrated that 76% of the friend relationships and 50% of the very best friend relationships were maintained over the course of the study. Children in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Caring, Friendship, Longitudinal Studies
Dulchinos, Paul C. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Over two million military personnel will leave the service over the next decade (Cook & Kim; 2009). The majority of these veterans will receive the most generous GI Bill since its inception (United States Department of Veterans Affairs [VA], 2011). Institutions will covet these students to offset discounting (Barr & McClellan, 2011; Basch,…
Descriptors: Veterans, Military Personnel, Campuses, Student Recruitment
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de Villiers, Rian – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
The care and use of animals in education and medical research are very controversial and emotional public issues. Society needs to discuss these issues to reach an ethical stand. A sample of 118 sciences student teachers from a South African university responded to a questionnaire on animal rights and using animals for food, clothes, sport,…
Descriptors: Animals, Science Activities, Scientific Research, Animal Husbandry
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Konishi, Chiaki; Saewyc, Elizabeth – School Psychology International, 2014
This study examined the link between victimization and sexual orientation and how this link contributes to social-emotional health, extending to school-related outcomes among adolescents. Of additional interest was whether having caring adult support was a protective factor in reducing the risk for high levels of distress or enhancing positive…
Descriptors: Correlation, Victims, Sexual Orientation, Social Development