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Mollie Dollinger; Tim Corcoran; Denise Jackson; Sarah O'Shea – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2024
Definitions of disability are changing, shifting from a narrow medical diagnosis to a biopsychosocial model of disability, where disability is conceptualised as a series of relational conditions that can potentially disadvantage individuals within environments. Implications of this new understanding of disability will have significant effects in…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Inclusion, Biological Influences, Social Influences
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Kahu, Ella R.; Nelson, Karen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Student success and retention continue to be of concern for higher education institutions. Wider participation, combined with lower completion rates for non-traditional students, highlights the need for new ways of understanding the student experience to ground policy and practice. This article provides this insight by drawing together a number of…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Well Being, Foreign Countries
Pinder, Patrice Juliet – Online Submission, 2020
Across the globe, from the very wealthy continents of North America to Europe to Australia, the phenomenon of migrant and immigrant students outperforming native students are observed and documented. Some migrants and immigrants from China, the Philippines, India, Russia, Africa, and the Caribbean are reportedly achieving higher test scores than…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Immigrants, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
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Kopanidis, Foula Zografina; Shaw, Michael John – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: Educational institutions are caught between increasing their offer rates and attracting and retaining those prospective students who are most suited to course completion. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the influence of demographic and psychological constructs on students' preferences when choosing to study in a particular…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Course Selection (Students), Preferences, Models
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Andrew, Yarrow – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2015
The ancient Greeks articulated three types of knowledge, "episteme," "techne" and "phronesis." Education has emphasised two of these--"pure" knowledge and technical skills--while neglecting the latter. Within early childhood a key aspect of "phronesis"--practical wisdom--is emotion work, and its…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Psychological Patterns, Personality Traits, Emotional Response
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Croft, Carissa D.; Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
Rejection sensitivity (RS) instigates conflict and prompts maladaptive conflict responses within romantic relationships. We tested whether RS had similar effects within friendships (N = 262, X[subscript age] = 11.7) by investigating whether (a) RS was associated with more frequent conflict, (b) two RS forms prompted different conflict responses,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Conflict, Adolescents, Correlation
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Boyd, Leanne – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2014
The workload of academics in Australia is increasing. Among the potential ramifications of this are work-related stress and burnout. Unions have negotiated workload models in employment agreements as a means of distributing workload in a fair and transparent manner. This qualitative pilot study aimed to explore how academics perceive their current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Workload, Stress Variables, Teacher Burnout
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Lai, Lufanna C. H.; Cummins, Robert A. – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Two studies investigate subjective wellbeing (SWB) homeostasis. The first investigates the contribution of job satisfaction (JS) and partner satisfaction (PS) to the homeostatic defense of SWB. The extant model of homeostasis does not include either variable. The second study investigates the relationship between Homeostatically Protected Mood…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Individual Differences, Foreign Countries
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De Castella, Krista; Byrne, Don; Covington, Martin – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
A classic distinction in the literature on achievement and motivation is between fear of failure and success orientations. From the perspective of self-worth theory, these motives are not bipolar constructs but dimensions that interact in ways that make some students particularly vulnerable to underachievement and disengagement from school. The…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Fear, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Green, Pam; Bowden, John – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2012
Purpose: Doctoral candidates are now located within a research context of performativity where the push to successfully complete in a timely manner is central. The purpose of this paper is to develop a model of completion mindset within a completion context to assist research students and supervisors. Design/methodology/approach: The research was…
Descriptors: Supervision, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Time to Degree
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O'Connor, Meredith; Sanson, Ann; Hawkins, Mary T.; Toumbourou, John W.; Letcher, Primrose; Frydenberg, Erica – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
The transition to adulthood is characterised by both great potential for positive change and a relatively high incidence of problem outcomes. A multidimensional model of positive development during the transition to adulthood (at 19-20 years) has recently been proposed. However, an unresolved question regarding the nature of positive development…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Psychopathology, Young Adults, Child Development
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Olsson, Michael R. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2009
This article provides a critical analysis of some of the key theories and assumptions that underpin prevailing approaches to the concept of "information user" in contemporary information research and professional practice, suggesting that they continue to reflect a tacitly systems-oriented focus. The author draws on the Sense-Making…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Criticism, Children, Social Environment
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Gee, Dion; Ward, Tony; Belofastov, Aleksandra; Beech, Anthony – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2006
While the phenomenon of sexual fantasy has been researched extensively, little contemporary inquiry has investigated the structural properties of sexual fantasy within the context of sexual offending. In this study, a qualitative analysis was used to develop a descriptive model of the phenomena of sexual fantasy during the offence process.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Sexual Abuse, Fantasy, Males
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Meyer, Jan H. F.; Shanahan, Martin P.; Laugksch, Rudiger C. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2007
This study explores variation in postgraduate students' and supervisors' conceptions of research. Based on earlier work, a Conceptions of Research Inventory (CoRI) was trialled on a mixed sample of postgraduate students and supervisors (n = 251). Exploratory factor analyses of resultant data yields a five-dimensional empirical model, the…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Misconceptions, Student Attitudes, Models