Following China's rapid socioeconomic transition, the sexual attitudes and behaviours of Chinese youth have changed considerably, raising serious concerns about their sexual and reproductive health (SRH). While comprehensive and high-quality formal sexuality education has been shown to lead to safer sexual behaviour, the delivery of formal SRH…

Recent investigations have suggested that both metacognition and emotions play important roles in second language (L2) learning. However, the majority of these studies focused on negative emotions, such as anxiety, or considered high school or university students, neglecting primary school age students, which is frequently the starting period in…

This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale to measure individuals' and organizations' attitudes toward the use of ChatGPT, emphasizing the necessity for organizations to adapt to rapidly evolving information and technology environments. The methodology consisted of three stages. In the first stage, a 13-item draft scale was…

The aims of this study were to: 1) assess the current and expected conditions of transformational leadership of Thai Buddhist university students; 2) develop and examine the effectiveness of training package to enhance the transformational leadership of Thai Buddhist university students, and 3) study the effectiveness of the training package. This…

A rise of nationalism worldwide presents complex challenges for international schools, which have long been regarded as archetypes of cosmopolitanism in education. In this article, we apply the concept of cosmopolitan nationalism to investigate how interplays between cosmopolitanism and nationalism manifest in practice at international schools. We…

Purpose: This study seeks to gain an understanding of the complexities involved in real-life classroom teaching. The aim is to trace values and tensions displayed in what the teachers regard as successful and unsuccessful. Design/methodology/approach: Teachers were interviewed to explore their perceptions of success and failures in their teaching…

This research aims to reveal the reasons why students with visual impairments (VI) prefer distance education, their experiences in the distance education process, and their expectations after university graduation. For this purpose, a study was conducted with seven university students with VI. The research employed a case study method, with data…

Objective: Determine how food allergy (FA) is managed on college campuses from both an institutional and student perspective. Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses principles. Results: Colleges/universities included in our sample were not fully equipped…

Parents' anxiety about their children's education has been common in recent years and has a negative effect on children. This study aimed to clarify this construct and develop the Parental Anxiety about Children's Education Scale (PACES) to lay a foundation for future research. In Study 1, we developed a scale based on 465 parents that included 20…

People use many kinds of cues that help them navigate social interactions. We examined how perceived foreignness affected people's ability to map speaker-specific naming preferences, align with their interlocutors concerning these preferences, and make social inferences based on them. In a pseudo-interactive experiment, participants engaged with…

School leadership in education is thinking, communicating, and modeling to maximize student growth and achievement. This quantitative research study explored how school leadership can strengthen the academic progress of students within Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). When implementation of MTSS is guided by adaptive school leadership,…

Background/purpose. The purposes of this study are to find out the difficulties experienced by Elementary students in learning mathematics, as well as students' and teachers' efforts to overcome those problems. Materials/methods. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. The data are collected using observation,…

Purpose: This qualitative study explored the social validity of "Sketch and Speak" expository strategy intervention as it occurred within a single-case experiment and supported carryover for adolescents with language learning disabilities (LLDs). Method: Four eighth-grade students with LLD participated in a summer intervention in which…

Rural schools have fewer resources to support student health and social-emotional wellbeing; they have also been underrepresented in education research and policy. Geographic variation influenced schools' experiences of the pandemic, highlighting a myriad of ways in which it may have exacerbated pre-existing inequities based on rurality. This…

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/gender diverse, or queer (LGBTQ+) students, staff and parents can each perceive school as challenging environments. These challenges have typically been explored within three disparate bodies of research, however. Using a school climate lens, this study aimed to explore how LGBTQ+ student (n = 1926), staff (n =…