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Yu, Wang; Yoke-Yean, Lydia Foong; Yew, Victor Goh Weng – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2021
In China, recent social and economic development have resulted in further attention being given to the development of preschool education. Culturally, many Chinese parents have held high expectations of their children's early learning and academic success in later studies. Hence, a high-quality preschool service has become a contentious issue. The…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personality Traits, Professional Identity, Job Satisfaction
Agler, Lin-Miao L.; Alfsen, Larisa K. – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2021
Reading is one of the most basic academic skills. An accurate monitor of one's text comprehension (i.e., metacomprehension) is essential for effective reading as it guides learning and choices of appropriate strategy used to maximize overall understanding. The processes of reading comprehension and metacomprehension are affected by text-related,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Metacognition
Akamatsu, Daisuke; Gherghel, Claudia – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2021
In recent years, educational practitioners have become more aware of the importance of cultivating students' social and emotional skills, in order to facilitate adaptation beyond academic contexts. Emotional intelligence (EI), the ability to regulate one's own and others' emotions appropriately, has often been targeted in educational…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Educational Practices, Aggression
Teimouri, Yasser; Sudina, Ekaterina; Plonsky, Luke – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
As a personality trait, second language (L2) grit--a combination of perseverance and passion for L2 learning--has recently been proposed as a meaningful predictor of learners' motivational behavior and L2 achievement. The results of a growing body of empirical studies carried out in various L2 contexts have substantiated the power of L2 grit in…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Resilience (Psychology)
Grant, Barry – Roeper Review, 2021
A recent study claiming to provide a basis for gifted education to drop the construct of overexcitabilities in favor of the construct of openness to experience and align itself with the Five Factor Model and a talent development perspective on gifted education is shown to be without merit. An analysis shows that the study supports the conclusion…
Descriptors: Criticism, Talent Development, Gifted Education, Teaching Methods
Kim, Lisa E.; Jörg, Verena; Klassen, Robert M. – Educational Psychology Review, 2019
The question of what makes a good teacher has been asked by practitioners, policymakers, and researchers for decades. However, there is no guiding framework about which qualities are important for teachers. Thus, it is necessary to examine these qualities using a recognized framework and to summarize the previous literature on this topic. We…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Personality Traits, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Effectiveness
Jamian, Leele Susana; Ibadallah, Badjie Xbietaquauallah; Fook, Chan Yuen – Asian Journal of University Education, 2019
Educational reformers have considered teacher empowerment as one of the panaceas for school success. The concept of teacher empowerment has emerged as an important approach in promoting positive work behaviors with many researchers observing the link between the levels of teachers' psychological empowerment and the extent to which they feel…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, School Culture, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Dang, Steven; Koedinger, Ken – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
A student's ability to regulate their thoughts, emotions and behaviors in the face of temptation is linked to their task specific motivational goals and dispositions. Behavioral tasks are designed to strain a targeted resource to differentiate individuals through measures of their performance. In this paper, we explore how student behavior on…
Descriptors: Correlation, Self Management, Student Motivation, Student Behavior
Taylor, Rebecca M. – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2017
In recent years, democracies across the globe have seen an increase in the popularity and power of authoritarian, nationalist politicians, groups, and policies. In this climate, the proper role of education in liberal democratic society, and in particular its role in promoting characteristics like autonomy and open-mindedness, is contested. This…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Personal Autonomy, Role of Education, Democracy
Runco, Mark A. – Creativity Theory and Action in Education, 2017
This chapter explores the various relationships that exist between contradictions and creativity. The focus is education, with implications for both teachers and students. Contradictions are defined and contrasted with problems, disequilibria, and dilemmae. Product, place, personality, and process perspectives on creativity as also compared. The…
Descriptors: Creativity, Correlation, Comparative Analysis, Personality Traits
Karwowski, Maciej – Creativity Theory and Action in Education, 2017
Schools have poor reputation among creativity researchers. Teachers' biases and implicit theories, disruptive behaviors among creative students, and the equivocal pattern of the relationship between creativity and school achievement all contribute to this fact. This chapter presents a new typological model of creativity and demonstrate how this…
Descriptors: Creativity, Teaching Methods, Behavior Problems, Correlation
VanderLind, Ren – Learning Assistance Review, 2017
Learning can be hindered by students' mental health. Given the increased reports of mental health concerns among college students, it is imperative that we understand how best to provide supports to this population to help them learn and succeed. This is particularly significant given the body of research that demonstrates how mental illness may…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Correlation, Learning
Stickle, Fred E.; Scott, Kelly – Education, 2016
In a leadership position, it is important to understand what stress is and how it affects others. In an occupational setting, stressors vary according to personality types, gender, and occupational rank. The purpose of this manuscript is to review the foundations of stress and to explore how personality characteristics influence stress.…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Stress Variables, Personality Traits, Prevention
Baehr, Jason – Journal of Moral Education, 2016
Responsibilist approaches to virtue epistemology examine the epistemic significance of intellectual virtues like curiosity, attentiveness, intellectual humility, open-mindedness, intellectual courage, and intellectual tenacity. On one way of thinking about these traits, they are the deep personal qualities or character traits of a good thinker or…
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Educational Objectives, Moral Development, Epistemology
Jayawickreme, Eranda; Meindl, Peter; Helzer, Erik G.; Furr, R. Michael; Fleeson, William – Theory and Research in Education, 2014
A major objection to the study of virtue asserts that the empirical psychological evidence implies traits have little meaningful impact on behavior, as slight changes in situational characteristics appear to lead to large changes in virtuous behavior. We argue in response that the critical evidence is not these effects of situations observed in…
Descriptors: Ethics, Criticism, Personality Traits, Individual Differences