In China, a basic piano course is crucial in higher vocational art education, and its successful implementation relies heavily on a practical teaching model. The transmission-adoption teaching model is commonly used in Chinese higher education. This teacher-centered approach emphasizes the one-way transmission of knowledge, lacks interactivity and…

Background: The aim was to examine the effects of 'Supporting Wellness in E-Child Learning Environments' (SWELE) program on the mood, anxiety, social and self-regulation skills and playfulness behaviours of children and adolescents with special educational needs and disabilities. Methods: A quasi-experiment single-group pre-test and post-test…

The aim of this study was to differentiate professional dancers from two different Spanish dance companies with regard to the effects of emotional intelligence, mood and coping strategies, by analysing the existing interrelationship between them. The sample was composed of 36 dancers: 16 women and 20 men aged 19 to 40. Twenty of them came from the…

In the contemporary society, depression, anxiety, and stress are much more common than it was in history. The recent studies have outlined that the young adults are experiencing depression and anxiety disorders that are affecting their emotional and mental well-being. Aim of this co-relational survey model study is to investigate the impact of…

Political discourses and practices surrounding the current presidential administration are propagating familiar stereotypes of immigrants as "diseases," "criminals," and questionably "American." Emergent research and the news media are also reporting stories of hostility toward immigrants in schools and broader…

The aim of the present study was to examine whether intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, and life satisfaction levels of pre-service teachers are significant predictors of their psychological well-being. The sample of the study was consisted of 230 pre-service teachers. Data were collected via Motivation to Teach Scale, Psychological Well-Being…

This research aims to investigate the problematic levels of internet usage and smartphone addiction as predictors of university students' happiness levels. The research was carried out using the relational screening method, which is among the quantitative research methods. The research study group consisted of 340 university students, in which 229…

Most anger management group programmes utilise Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness Based Treatments (MBTs) in their interventions. This study uses Transactional Analysis (TA) and mindfulness to help promote behavioural change. We explored participants' phenomenological change throughout a 10-week anger management programme. The…

This article considers ontological conceptualizations of shame-interest as experienced in educational research. Shame has frequently been reported in research as a property of the autonomous individual: the shame of the participant to share with the researcher, and the shame of the researcher to reflexively eliminate. "Shame-interest" is…

Internationally, the research on the education of boys has sought to understand how social practices, behaviours and rituals contribute to identity construction. We are interested in approaches to the emotional labor of doing 'boy work'. As educators grapple with the gendered performances and subjectivities of young men, there is an imperative to…

Growth mindset is an important psychological factor for effective instruction. This chapter discusses how mindset affects learning and achievement, offering a wealth of tools that can help students and instructors understand and utilize a growth mindset.

Drawing on the specific emotion approach, and based on the emotional regulation theory and cognitive and activation perspectives on emotions, this study examined the differentiated impact of state and trait anger on creative process engagement (CPE) and the moderating influences of emotion reappraisal and suppression. Data were obtained from daily…

In this commentary on the special issue on emotional development, I focus on the papers by Holodynski and Seeger (2019) and by Hoemann, Xu, and Barrett (2019). I suggest that although understanding our emotions is an important part of emotional development; emotional development cannot be reduced to concept development, even when such concepts…

Purpose: This study aims to examine a structural relationship among agreeableness, similarity in agreeableness, positive affect and transfer of informal learning. Also, it investigates the mediating role of motivation. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected by a survey via snowball sampling. In total, 742 respondents at 72 companies from…

"Little Guide for Teachers: Supporting Behaviour in the Classroom" inspires you to rethink how you manage behaviour. Using the authors' tried and tested approach, this book encourages you to manage mood as a preventative strategy for disruptive behaviour. The "Little Guide for Teachers" series is little in size but BIG on all…