Background: Few studies have concurrently examined how different types of stressors influence university students' well-being through their use of coping strategies. Exploring such effects should enrich our understanding of how individuals develop strategies for coping with specific stressful situations and provide insights into the mechanisms by…

Background: Dealing with errors in the classroom is a crucial aspect of instructional quality and has multiple consequences for students' own dealing with errors, their learning and their achievement. The available literature on error climate indicates a paucity of research on the effects of perceived error climate on social aspects such as…

This study interrogated public art as a social practice and its interface with art education. The central axis of public art is its dialogical engagement in the context of human relations and the development of critical consciousness. Interviews were conducted with five internationally renowned artists with regard to their practice and…

The purpose of this qualitative, hermeneutical phenomenological study was to understand teacher relationships in non-traditional international schools. The setting included 12 Chinese internationalized schools, institutions serving local rather than expatriate students, offering a fusion of local and international curricula, and employing local…

Boys' classroom experiences over the past 20 years have shifted to increasingly restrictive and negative messages on a daily basis. Due to increased accountability, curriculum requirements, testing, and intensification of daily classroom experiences, boys are losing interest in their educational experiences in early elementary school. The question…

This study aimed to identify schools' motivational climate profiles and tested how each profile moderates the linkage of transformational leadership with teacher commitment and alienation. Gathering data from 1193 teachers working in 103 schools in Türkiye, we employed multilevel moderation with a latent class variable to estimate the structural…

This article examines the phenomenon of teacher alienation through the lens of Marxist theory, exploring how capitalist and bureaucratic structures inherent in educational policies contribute to feelings of disconnection and disenfranchisement among educators. Drawing upon Marx's concept of alienated labor, the study delves into the ways in which…

The role of the school climate in buffering disengagement remains relatively underresearched. The present study examined transitions between classes of early adolescents' school engagement and relational school climate factors influencing classes of students' (dis-)engagement, and how these were linked with academic achievement in mid-adolescence.…

Previous studies indicate various atrocities against queer individuals in schools globally. However, no in-depth inquiries have been conducted into the experiences of queer individuals in Indian schools. A novel form of ethnography -- phenomenological institutional ethnography (PIE) based on Schutz's phenomenology of life-worlds and Smith's…

In a climate of growing intolerance and violence, marked by various forms of injustice across the democratic world, human rights and democratic citizenship education have the potential to help cultivate knowledge, values and skills or competences in the young that are necessary to foster a culture of human rights and democracy. However, education…

Background/purpose: Social alienation is an individual feeling or being isolated or disengaged from others and society. It has been a well-identified element in the lives of Muslim immigrants in Europe who face significant challenges in social, economic, civic, and political participation. These challenges may have adverse impacts on the academic…

The way that the relationship between university students and the city is conceptualised in geographic literature is strongly determined by the studentification debate, which risks subjectifying students in redundant and unilateral ways. This paper suggests that geographic education and its spatialities can inform this debate with an alternative…

In this study, we examined the effectiveness of an educational training program in reducing psychological, cultural, and social alienation among international students. A total of 73 undergraduate students from diverse nationalities participated in the study. The training program comprised six seminars delivered over three weeks, with two lectures…

The purpose of this study is to explore the views of private school teachers regarding the organizational problems they encounter. This research employs a phenomenological design, which is a qualitative research model. The participants of the study include 20 teachers working in private schools in Ankara in the year 2023. The selection of…

This study examines the experiences of Jewish college students in the United States following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the resulting Israel-Gaza conflict. Using qualitative analysis, it identifies six distinct response categories -- "Affirmed," "Aggrieved," "Retrenched," "Conflicted,"…