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The purpose of this guide is to highlight journals that publish articles on the topic of character in education.
The Kern Institute defines character as the complex constellation of psychological characteristics that motivates and enables individuals to act as moral agents.
Searches were conducted in Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, ERIC, Ovid MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science to identify articles that were published on the topic of education and character. Words used to define character include trustworthiness, equanimity, humility, compassion, perseverance and courage.
Over 2300 articles and conference papers were identified in the search. The top 20 journals with the most publications on this topic are highlighted below.
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Medical Teacher provides accounts of new teaching methods, guidance on structuring courses and assessing achievement, and serves as a forum for communication between medical teachers and those involved in general education.
Accepted articles include original articles, short communications and letters.
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Medical Education publishes articles on all aspects of health professional education, including undergraduate education, post graduate training, continuing professional development and interprofessional education.
Accepted article types include original research, review articles, ‘Really Good Stuff: Lessons learned through innovation in medical education’, commentaries and letters.
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Academic Medicine is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The journal’s areas of focus include: education and training issues; health and science policy; institutional policy, management, and values; research practice; and clinical practice in academic settings.
Accepted article types include articles and research reports.
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Nursing Ethics areas of focus include: management/inter-professional relations, and patient rights/public welfare. The journal covers issues such as resuscitation, genetics, healthcare policies, modes of thought in healthcare and codes of conduct.
Accepted article types include research articles, opinion pieces, reports and correspondence.
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PLOS ONE is a multidisciplinary journal that accepts research in over two hundred subject areas across science, engineering, medicine, and the related social sciences and humanities. PLOS is an open access publisher and uses article processing charges to offset the publication expenses.
Accept articles include original research articles.
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Patient Education and Counseling is an interdisciplinary, international journal for patient education and health promotion researchers, managers and clinicians. It is the official journal of the International Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH) and the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare (AACH).
Accepted articles include original articles, reviews, short communications, reflective practice and medical educational efforts.
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Personality and Individual Differences is primarily devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, correlational, theoretical, expository/review) which enhance our understanding of the structure of personality and other forms of individual differences, the processes which cause these individual differences to emerge, and their practical applications.
Accepted articles include original research, reviews, theoretical and expository articles, and brief reports.
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Journal of Advanced Nursing contributes to the advancement of evidence-based nursing, midwifery and healthcare by disseminating high quality research and scholarship of contemporary relevance and with potential to advance knowledge for practice, education, management or policy. While the majority of papers in JAN are written by nurses and midwives but there are no constraints on authorship as long as papers fit with the expressed Aims and Scope.
Accepted articles include original research, reviews, case reports, concept analysis and discussion papers.
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Journal of Clinical Nursing is an international, peer reviewed, scientific journal that seeks to promote the development and exchange of knowledge that is directly relevant to all spheres of nursing practice.
Accepted articles include original research, reviews, discursive articles, and registered reports.
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Journal of Moral Education provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion and analysis of moral education and development throughout the lifespan. The journal encourages submissions across the human sciences and humanities that use a range of methodological approaches and address aspects of moral reasoning, moral emotions, motivation and moral action in various contexts and roles.
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Nurse Education Today publishes articles from the fields of nursing, midwifery and interprofessional health care education, and contributes to the advancement of educational theory and pedagogy that support the evidence-based practice for educationalists.
Accepted articles include original research, reviews, essays and editorials.
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Nurse Education in Practice is a forum for sharing and disseminating evidence that demonstrates the actual practice of education as it is experienced in the realities of their respective work environments, that is both in the University/faculty and clinical settings
Accepted articles include original research, reviews, issues for debate, clinical education, doctoral studies research and editorials.
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Journal of Education and Training Studies aims to promote excellence through dissemination of high-quality research findings, specialist knowledge, and discussion of professional issues that reflect the diversity of this field. Find studies in the field of consumer education, critical pedagogy, curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, educational philosophy, educational psychology, educational technology, distance education. Accepted articles include original research, reviews, case reports and short communications.
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* This is an open-access journal, articles are free to download.
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Journal of Social Work Education is a refereed professional journal concerned with education in social work and social welfare. Accepted articles include original research, reviews, case reports and short communications.
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* New articles are unavailable for 18 months from time of publication. Use the document delivery service to request copies of new articles.
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British Journal of Nursing publishes up-to-date clinical reviews, original research and evidence-based papers, written by experts and reviewed by prominent authorities in the nursing profession. In addition, the journal publishes up to 17 themed supplements a year, providing even more in-depth clinical information on areas such as continence, nutrition, wound care and infection control.
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The Athletic Training Education Journal is an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by the National Athletic Trainers' Association.
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Computers in Human Behavior is a scholarly journal dedicated to examining the use of computers from a psychological perspective. The journal addresses both the use of computers in psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines as well as the psychological impact of computer use on individuals, groups and society.
Accepted articles include original theoretical works, research reports, literature reviews, software reviews, book reviews and announcements.
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Nursing Education Perspectives publishes scholarly articles targeted to nurse faculty, deans and directors, students, and others with an interest in the science of nursing education.
Articles on technology in nursing education, including simulation and informatics, are encouraged. Other topics of interest include: teaching and learning, curriculum development, the recruitment and retention of students, faculty issues and transformational leadership, assessment and evaluation and high-stakes testing, diversity and global initiatives, service-learning and the care of vulnerable populations, and other issues important to academic nurse educators, deans and directors of nursing programs, and others in the health care community.
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Journal of Nursing Management is an international forum which informs and advances the discipline of nursing management and leadership.
Accepted publications include original reserach, reviews, commentaries, editorials, and letters.
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JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration is source of information on developments and advances in patient care leadership. Content is geared to nurse executives, directors of nursing, and nurse managers in hospital, community health, and ambulatory care environments.
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