The role of educational fields in the intergenerational transmission of advantage is underexplored. This paper aims to fill this gap by examining the moderating role of fields of study on the first-job earnings of Italian higher education graduates, using stepwise linear regression techniques. Our findings confirm that the effect of social class…

Opportunities and challenges in the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education require thorough exploration, particularly in the context of Open and Distance Learning (ODL). This study examines faculty members' perceptions of AI's role, opportunities, and the challenges faced in its implementation to develop policy recommendations.…

Situated Expectancy Value Theory (SEVT) emphasizes the role parents play in shaping children's confidence and value they place on science. Although a robust literature has documented parental influences on children's science motivations in school-based contexts, less is known about how parents' attitudes and support shape children's science…

The number of English learners (ELs) enrolled in public schools has grown substantially in the United States over the past two decades. The growth is especially large in states in the South and Midwest that have not been traditional destinations for recent immigrants. In this study, we examine the effects of new ELs on students in receiving…

Moral emotions offer a promising approach for preventing rule-breaking behaviour, whereby the development of prevention programmes requires testing associations between moral emotions and rule-breaking differentiated. The present study examined whether the relationship between moral emotions and rule-breaking behaviour varies depending on how…

Guided by confirmation theory and self-determination theory, we conducted a longitudinal exploration of college students' (N = 400) experiences of student-to-student confirmation and their autonomous motivation to learn throughout a 16-week semester. Students reported receiving more individual attention, acknowledgement, and assistance as the…

This study explored four key factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions: professional attraction, social valuation, entrepreneurial capacity and creative capacity using the Entrepreneurship Intention Model (EIM). It also examined whether sex plays a moderating role in predicting entrepreneurial intentions. The research targeted 265…

Universities throughout the UK are internationally recognised for their research excellence, contributing over £54 billion annually to the economy. However, sustained financial constraints risk eroding this strength. Drawing on member survey data from Universities UK (UUK) and the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA), this…

This study analyzes first-person insights about the linguistic diversity in Greece from ten Greek nationals living in a diasporic European context with official trilingualism, Catalonia (Spain). Its aim is to check the influence of the 'mirror effect' (Cortès-Colomé, Montserrat, Mònica Barrieras & Pere Comellas. 2016. Changes in immigrant…

This study presents a meta-analysis of the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and academic skills in early childhood using both cross-sectional and longitudinal effect sizes. The cross-sectional (111 studies with 435 effect sizes representing 86,808 participants) and longitudinal (59 studies with 321 effect sizes representing 46,870…

Purpose: This study aims to explore the diverse motivations driving vocational students to pursue micro-credentials, aiming to reveal whether these credentials have the potential to support learners in achieving personal career objectives, meeting employer demands and fostering sustained self-development. Design/methodology/approach: A content…

Forest and Nature School, a form of outdoor nature-based education, has been gaining momentum globally, including in France, where interest in alternative, experiential pedagogies is on the rise. In November 2022, an online survey was conducted to explore the operations and practices of private Forest and Nature School programs within the French…

Purpose: The rapid advancement of technology in education is driving the digital transformation of schools and educational systems, creating an increasing demand for impactful EdTech solutions. While entrepreneurship education is widely recognized for its benefits, the effectiveness of such programs within the EdTech sector remains underexplored.…

Children with CHARGE syndrome display significant delays in their motor development compared with peers without disabilities. Although individual constraints related to CHARGE syndrome characteristics are often a primary concern for motor development, environmental constraints have been shown to play a contributing role. Specifically, several…

Why are interest groups on the march in Europe? How do they become so powerful? Why do reformers struggle with plans to overhaul education systems? In Who Controls Education?, Susanne Wiborg investigates the dynamics of educational interest groups across four European countries: England, France, Germany and Sweden, alongside their counterparts in…