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View article: Using Contemplative Practice for Pre-service Teacher Healing
Using Contemplative Practice for Pre-service Teacher Healing Open
There is a critical need to create a shift in curriculum that is framed around the whole person rather than isolating a pre-service teacher’s development solely to theory, content, and skills. This paper explores ways to promote citizenshi…
View article: Matters of Perception
Matters of Perception Open
This Issue in Education Sciences publishes select responses to a call for papers concerning groundings for knowledge that inform education [...]
View article: Spirituality and Mindfulness Practices of Early Childhood and Elementary Preservice Teachers: A Snapshot
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This paper describes the results of a research survey that interpreted the patterns of mindfulness and spirituality within a convenience sample of preservice teachers at a Midwest teacher education institution. Mindfulness and spiritualty …
View article: Notions of Spiritual Capital - A Matter of Extinction for Social Education?
Notions of Spiritual Capital - A Matter of Extinction for Social Education? Open
This paper describes the results of a study that examined students’ conceptions of the term “Spiritual Capital.” Participants ( N = 56) included students in the Colleges of Business and Education at a public Midwestern university. Resul…
View article: Intersections of Financial Literacy, Citizenship, and Spirituality: Examining a Forbidden Frontier of Social Education
Intersections of Financial Literacy, Citizenship, and Spirituality: Examining a Forbidden Frontier of Social Education Open
Through art-based instructional processes that stimulate students' affective awareness, it encourages facilitation of compassionate environments founded on principles of selflessness and will prove invaluable for researchers, leaders and p…
View article: Guest Commentary: Citizenship, Economics, and Morality
Guest Commentary: Citizenship, Economics, and Morality Open
View article: Examining a measure of spiritual capital: Perceptions of business and education majors
Examining a measure of spiritual capital: Perceptions of business and education majors Open
The purpose of this article is to examine an instrument designed to measure an individual’s spiritual capital. Spiritual capital represents a relatively new concept that relates to one’s relationship to financial resources such that he or …
View article: A Critically Compassionate Approach to Financial Literacy: A Pursuit of Moral Spirit
A Critically Compassionate Approach to Financial Literacy: A Pursuit of Moral Spirit Open
An alternative perspective of financial literacy questioned the conceptual legitimacy of sustained personal fulfillment through maximization of financial net worth. In this alternative view, a focus on financial assets and their accumulati…
View article: The Messages We Miss: Banned Books, Censored Texts, and Citizenship
The Messages We Miss: Banned Books, Censored Texts, and Citizenship Open
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe preservice teachers’ views on the use of banned or censored texts and taboo topics in the classroom. The study sought to discern how elementary and secondary teacher candidates…
View article: Editors’ Notes
Editors’ Notes Open
View article: Teacher Interpretations of MoneySKILL
Teacher Interpretations of MoneySKILL Open
While much scholarship concerns the efforts to teach children and youth about personal finances, much less, if any, research concerns efforts of practicing teachers to evaluate and interpret financial curricula for schools. This paper conv…
View article: Editors’ Notes
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View article: College Students' Interpretations of Financial Morality: An International Comparison
College Students' Interpretations of Financial Morality: An International Comparison Open
The authors claim that the distinction between social convention and moral behavior represents a critical understanding for citizenship education. In a global setting of diminishing natural resources where a small percentage of people a…