OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Moral Education is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Potential benefits of employing large language models in research in moral education and development	56
A comprehensive meta-analysis of character education programs	27
Purpose development among Finnish adolescents	26
Ecologising moral education in the anthropocene: Learning to be authentic non-self	24
‘Owning’ climate change for moral education	24
Holistic approach in wisdom research is necessary: Response to Akrivou and González	19
The moral purpose of higher education: Articulacy, strong evaluation and the moral self	17
Just environments foster character: A longitudinal assessment of school climate	17
Adults’ perceptions of childhood transgressions: The role of parental status and knowledge of child development	16
From concept to capacity: Evidence of school leaders activating the four functions of Phronesis	14
Demystifying character education for the Singapore context	14
Emeritus Professor Peter. D. Tomlinson	14
Metachangemaking: An interdisciplinary synthesis of research on cultivating changemakers	13
Ten reasons why colleges and universities should educate character	12
Integrating ethical knowledge into teacher education: A framework for moral formation	12
Teaching virtue literacy: A strategy for character education in the university	11
Integrative character education: Valuing both epiphanic and incremental routes to moral growth	10
Does a change in moral neutralization from early to mid-adolescence predict a change in delinquency?	10
Beyond the self: Self-transcendent emotions for moral character development in the classroom	10
The moral and political dimensions of education: Response to Hansen	9
The pedagogical hard problem of generative AI: Socratic countermeasures	9
‘There are many more gaps in moral education. We need to bridge them all’: Interview with Tobias Krettenauer, recipient of the Kuhmerker Career Award 2024	9
The use of the LID scale in virtue-based leadership education for university students: An exploratory study	9
Austrian secondary school teachers’ views on character education: Quantitative insights from a mixed-methods study	9
Education and the culture of giving: Rural evidence from Bangladesh	8

How to navigate life: The new science of finding your way in school, career, and beyond	8
Reading the Nicomachean Ethics with Goffman	8
From puppets to principles: Children’s theatre and the foundations of ethical stakeholder awareness	8
Responding to the moral complexities of climate change education through intergenerational dialogue in teacher education	8
Mental images and imagination in moral education	7
Developing virtue-based leadership education: The Leaders of Character Program at Francisco de Vitoria University (Spain)	7
School for sedition? Climate justice, citizenship and education	7
Socialization and personal values of teachers in general education, special education, and extracurricular education schools	7
The 10-item moral outrage scale: Development, psychometric properties, and associations with parenting behavior and peer relationships	7
Living together in diversity: A comparative study of citizenship education curricula in Sri Lanka and Australia	7
The meaning of life in China’s civics curriculum: A comparative historical study on worldview construction	6
Trends in youth civic engagement before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Love, knowledge (wisdom) and justice: Moral education beyond the cultivation of Aristotelian virtuous character	6
Infusing critical moral education into English language teaching through globalizing literature pedagogy in the Chinese EFL classroom	6
Integrating principled innovation as a character development framework in education coursework	6
High school biology students’ use of values in their moral argumentation and decision-making	6
Desperate measures: A response to Daniel Davis	6
Artificial intelligence as a moral mentor	6
Enduring aspirations and moral learning: A longitudinal study of U.S. College students	6
How do Chinese volunteer and non-volunteer student teachers differ in their life purpose?	5
Phronesis as unitary ethical expertise: Educational implications for early moral development	5
Patriotism in moral education: Toward a rational approach in China	5
Neoliberal personhood as exception: A critical analysis of textbooks of China’s moral education	5
Epiphanic versus incremental routes to moral growth	5
Character strengths and well-being: Establishing a measurement model and exploring the interrelations among youth in Uganda	5
Dawn Schrader	5
The honest truth about lying parents: A qualitative study and taxonomy of parental lying	5
Beyond nannying: Virtue crafting in Chinese higher education	5
Japanese moral education at the intersection of philosophy, science, and politics	4
Reimagining higher education: A response to Edward Brooks	4
Educating children as sustainable citizen-consumers: A qualitative content analysis of sustainability education resources	4
Existential considerations: Review of Gary, K. H. Why boredom matters: Education, leisure, and the quest for a meaningful life	4
Distributive justice and development: Toward an integrative understanding of reward and responsibility distributions	4
Contextualizing climate change education: taking nature seriously	4