Purpose: This article seeks to delve into the underlying causes contributing to the marginalized societal perception of TVET in Bangladesh. Focusing on the significant challenges faced by TVET despite its substantial enrollment at the secondary level, the study aims to investigate the root factors responsible for the prevalent negative perception…

Purpose: This study aimed to describe the knowledge and alternative conceptions of climate change in a group of Chilean science and non-science teachers with different teaching experiences. Design/Approach/Methods: The study used a quantitative approach with an exploratory, descriptive, and transversal design, in which a Climate Change…

The objective of this descriptive study is to provide a detailed examination of science teachers' perspectives regarding scientific knowledge, science learning, science concepts, and science teaching. A total of 304 science teachers created metaphors to express their cognitions about the epistemological aspects of their work. A specifically…

Previous research on whether pre-service teachers change their views of mathematics and its teaching during their education has mixed results. We pursued a descriptive understanding of the effect of teacher education on the views of teacher education graduates, through using data from ten interviews with Swedish secondary mathematics pre-service…

Previous research indicates that learners appear to connect with nature and have heightened environmental perceptions after participating in environmental education programs (EEPs). Positive changes in attitudes toward nature are important because they can precede environmentally responsible behaviors, such as individuals' leadership on…

Background: Individuals with intellectual disabilities have the lowest employment rates amongst all disability types, despite available job opportunities. Employer bias is a significant barrier to their workforce participation. This research examines employers' opinions towards hiring individuals with intellectual disabilities in Serbia. Method:…

Recently, researchers have focused on various factors influencing work engagement, particularly in the EFL context. In this vein, this study was carried out to investigate the relationship among proactive personality, flow, and work engagement in China. In so doing, three instruments including Proactive Personality Scale, Work-Related Flow…

For 25 years, the Gardner Center has worked in close partnership with school districts in the San Francisco Bay Area to develop research-informed policies, programs, and practices that support positive and equitable youth development. Several of these partnerships involve districts that are not part of a unified school district, meaning that…

This study examines the complex relationship between career development, technostress, and organisational commitment in influencing the performance of school teachers in Aria Kemuning, West Java, Indonesia. The main objective of this study is to identify how the three constructs individually and interactively contribute to teacher performance in…

This study employed repeated measures ANOVA to assess the reliability of an instrument designed to measure utilization, awareness, and perception of AI in research among 150 undergraduate students. Validated instruments with robust psychometric properties were used for the study. Data collection occurred in three phases spaced two weeks apart,…

Drawing from anticolonial scholarship, critical race theory, and critical youth studies--this paper positions youth inquiry as a form of resistance to schooling. Youth resistance communities represent learning contexts that insist on the immediacy of challenging the pain of normative schooling through Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR).…

Grant writing is an important component of academic research success across disciplines, especially in the biosciences. It also tends to be an activity that is perceived with significant anxiety and stress. Typical grant writing training programs focus on the mechanical aspects of grant writing, but what is often left out of the conversation on…

This study explores the relationship between followership and three dimensions of organizational commitment: affective, normative and continuance among primary school teachers in Sarawak, Malaysia. Research on how followership behaviours affect employee commitment is weak despite increased understanding of their role in organisational success. To…

The home literacy environment (HLE) plays an important role in children's early literacy learning. Texting programs are an increasing feature of family literacy interventions that support parent engagement in their children's learning. Unlike face-to-face interventions, texting programs can offer sustained parental support at low cost and large…

This study explored the intricate dynamics between neuroticism and body image among adolescents, focusing on the mediating roles of mindfulness and self-compassion. We also differentiate between self-perceived body image--how individuals view their own bodies--and other-perceived body image--how they perceive others view their bodies. Participants…