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Oyer, Brenda J. – Journal of School Leadership, 2015
Humility in leadership has received growing scholarly attention in recent years. However, the literature is devoid of empirical studies of the relationship among humility, confidence (an attribute consistently linked to effective leadership), and leader effectiveness. This quantitative study examined the understudied relationships among these…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Principals
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Nowak-Fabrykowski, Krystyna – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
The goal of this research is to seek information from the Cleveland (Ohio) and Buffalo (New York) area kindergarten teachers about their experience in development of caring dispositions in children. Two hundred questionnaires were sent, one hundred to each city. There was a low response rate of less than 10% from both cities. A qualitative method…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Ethics, Preschool Teachers, Altruism
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Piirto, Jane; Montgomery, Diane; May, James – High Ability Studies, 2008
The differences between US (Ohio) gifted and talented high school students and South Korean gifted and talented high school students on the "Overexcitabilities Questionnaire II" (OEQ II) were investigated. The OEQ II was administered to 227 Ohio identified gifted and talented high school students (M = 88, F = 139) and to 341 high school…
Descriptors: High Schools, Academically Gifted, Sex, Foreign Countries
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Kerns, Kathryn A.; Brumariu, Laura E.; Abraham, Michelle M. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
The goal of the present study was to investigate how the quality of the mother-child relationship, social self-concept, and the quality of peer relationships predict girls' feelings of homesickness at a residential summer camp. We expected that children with secure attachments to their mothers, a more positive social self-concept, and better…
Descriptors: Mothers, Self Concept, Friendship, Parent Child Relationship