This research, conducted with groups of undergraduate students before and after a European fieldwork exercise, critically examines the pedagogic value of fieldwork and its ability to provide students with transferable skills. This is achieved using Anderson and Erskine's lens of tropophilia--the aesthetic connection between people and place--to…

This paper examines the purpose of higher education (HE) for students in Ireland in the context of the dominant narrative of the knowledge-based economy (KBE). It argues that the KBE is one of the most recent of economic imaginaries devised by governments to manage the population [Hay, S., & Kaptizke, C. (2009). "Smart" state for a…

Background: The link between achievement goals and achievement emotions is well established; however, research exploring potential mediators of this relationship is lacking. The control-value theory of achievement emotions (Pekrun, 2006, "Educational Psychology Review," 18, 315) posits that perceptions of control and value mediate the…

Student engagement is a key predictor of academic performance, persistence and retention in higher education. While many studies have identified how aspects of the college environment influence engagement, fewer have specifically focused on emotional intelligence (EI). In this study, we sought to explore whether EI could predict cognitive and/or…

Learning in the affective domain includes the manner by which people deal with things emotionally, such as feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasms, motivations and attitudes. While out-of-class communication between instructors and students can impact all types of student learning it has its greatest impact on student affective learning. One…

Emotional labour is a state that exists when there is a discrepancy between the emotional demeanour that an individual displays and the genuinely felt emotions that would be inappropriate to display (Mann 1999b).The study examined levels of emotional labour in university lecturers and compared these data to other occupations. Employing a mixed…

A model of the elements of a university brand was developed together with an instrument for measuring how favorably each of these elements was perceived by a sample of young people who were considering entering university. One hundred and ninety-eight students undertaking pre-university courses in two further education colleges in East London…

Feminist recommendations were incorporated in a physical science course to gain new insights into the gender issues in science. Qualitative data from (n=45) elementary education students found themes of efficacy and empowerment but also of dissidence. Contains 74 references. (Author/MKR)

Undergraduate students (n=178) from a variety of academic disciplines completed the Inviting-Disinviting Index (IDI) to measure the degree of inviting and disinviting behavior addressed to oneself and others. The hypothesis that people tend to be more disinviting to themselves than they are to others was supported. (JPS)

This study examined the role of study abroad programs on a students' cross-cultural awareness. Twenty-four students were enrolled in a study abroad course participated in the study. The students' cross-cultural awareness was assessed prior to and after study abroad using the Cross Cultural Adaptability Inventory test (CCAI). It was hypothesized…

A survey of 1,353 college students who received tuition rebates for tutoring disadvantaged students, grades four-nine, revealed: (1) tutor motivations differed, (2) intrinsically motivated tutors rated tutoring success higher than extrinsically motivated tutors, and (3) tutors declaring only extrinsic motivation were more critical. (IAH)

A special section of a public speaking class at the Universtiy of Tennessee was developed in the spring of 1977 for speech anxious students. The course was designed to incorporate the basic spirit of the regular classes and to provide special training in techniques for reducing nervousness about speaking and in methods for coping with the…

This study examines the frequency of depression among freshmen through a retrospective inventory completed by 158 randomly selected sophomores. Of these, 75 percent reported having experienced at least mild depression in the preceding year. The study indicates that frequency of depression is generally underestimated. (SJL)

A dental school's experience using data on student attitudes toward a restorative dentistry laboratory course and an experiment conducted during the course to make curricular and methodological changes, and subsequently evaluate those changes, is described. The questionnaire used and response tabulations are included. (MSE)

This paper examines the charismatic behaviors and traits entering graduate students bring to their training as future educational leaders and explores the differences in gender, age, marital status, position held, and sibling ranks of entering graduate students regarding charismatic behaviors and traits. The exploratory descriptive study examined…