Fashion design education has grown by leaps and bounds across world in recent years. It aims to prepare students with knowledge, skills and attitudes (l{SA) to work in fashion industry and be employable. To empower students with much needed l{SA, fashion design programs have industrial internship as a mandatory requirement that enables students to…

On the basis of the expectancy-value theory of achievement, this paper aims to examine the relative contributions of gender-stereotype endorsement and gender identification on expectancies for success in STEM fields. In a sample of 880 Croatian primary school pupils of approximately 12 years of age, stereotyped beliefs about gender-appropriateness…

Almost a third of adolescents have struggled with an anxiety disorder during their childhood, yet teachers are often unsure how to help students with anxiety. Anxiety is characterized by rumination and negative or distracting thoughts, so teachers can help by disrupting those negative thoughts. Jessica Minahan provides a series of practical…

Together, teachers and educational assistants have an opportunity to ensure physical education (PE) is inclusive, accessible, and meaningful to all students. This article discusses collaboration for teaching inclusive PE (IPE), where students with disabilities participate within the context of the general PE environment with their peers. With the…

The underrepresentation of Indigenous teachers within Australian schools was made evident in the most recent More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teachers Initiative (MATSITI) project (Johnson, Cherednichenko, & Rose, 2016). The shortfall of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers had been initially identified back in 1975 with…

In sound symbolism, a word's sound induces expectations about the nature of a salient aspect of the word's referent. P. Walker (2016a) proposed that cross-sensory correspondences can be the source of these expectations, and the present study assessed three implications flowing from this proposal. First, sound symbolism will embrace a wide range of…

In an effort to create enriched language learning environments, language teachers, program and course developers, and publishing companies have long sought novel ideas and alternatives. Thus, a wide range of information and communications technologies, which have manifested themselves in the form of virtual learning environments, web-based…

Continuous development of new educational digital learning such as the Moodle Learning System (MLS) for students, has become an integral part of the evolution of modern educational systems. Despite considerable effort by academic institutions in motivating students to use new digital learning for blended and virtual learning, there is practical…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of ICT policies in investigating o Behavioral Intention (BI) and Use Behavior (UB) factors by employing experience and workload of teachers as moderator. The identified factors were Use Expectancy (UE), Social Influence (SI), Facilitating Conditions (FC) and Teacher Efficacy (TE).…

Background: Improvements in health behaviors and academic outcomes have been associated with school-based health centers (SBHCs). However, underlying mechanisms for these associations have been largely unexamined, particularly among lower-income youth. The current study examines the relationship between SBHCs and school connectedness and whether…

Student success is an international priority and various initiatives have been implemented in higher education to improve success rates, especially in the first year of study. However, few of these initiatives have focused on the classroom context even though classroom engagement is a prerequisite for success. The purpose of this study was to…

Despite the increasing diversity of the US population, particularly of Latinx residents, the lack of resources and the underrepresentation of graduate students of color (GSC) are lingering issues in higher education. This dissertation discusses the impact of mentoring at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) for GSC. With Critical Race Theory…

This study examines the role of phenotypic stereotypicality on pre-service teachers' perceptions and classroom management decisions about Black girls using participants from the Teacher Education Program (TEP) at the UCLA. Participants read the same subjective disruptive classroom behavior vignette paired with a photo of white or Black girl that…

The study was an investigation of the collective educational experiences of students with distinctly Black names as influenced by perceived educator behaviors. A qualitative phenomenological research design in the form of ten one-on-one interviews was employed to address the research questions. The goal of the researcher was to understand these…

Learn how to incorporate rigorous activities in your math or science classroom and help students reach higher levels of learning. Expert educators and consultants Barbara R. Blackburn and Abbigail Armstrong offer a practical framework for understanding rigor and provide specialized examples for elementary math and science teachers. Topics covered…