While research on how classroom climate impacts students' bullying behavior has increased over past decades, studies on how a well-functioning class climate may impact the classroom prevalence of victims of bullying are scarce. Class climate refers to the quality of collective interpersonal relationships among students in a school class. Thus, in…

The research evaluates the impacts of constructive feedback from an external source on the learning environment, and whether the learning environment further influences students' feelings in urban schools. The ongoing pilot study began in 2016 between two Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) schools and a foreign business community (FBC) as…

The present case study aims to examine the presage conditions that practitioners highlight when working on multidisciplinary projects in different languages. Semi-structured interviews with seven teachers were conducted, transcribed and deductively analysed according to three main categories proposed by the deeper learning agenda within the…

The home learning environment (HLE) plays a vital role in shaping children's early development, literacy skills, and long-term life outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing cost-of-living crisis, and reductions in funding for early years services may have created stress and emotional stress for families, limiting their capacity to support their…

This article presents a year-long, multisited study in which children were recruited from three coastal communities--Boston, San Diego, and Toronto--to establish the Coastal Climate Kids Collective. Guided by a critical literacies orientation with an eye toward child-centered approaches to teaching and learning, the research team collaboratively…

This study explores the sociocultural dimensions of environmental education by focusing on the ways in which middle-class parents incorporate their concern for the environment into everyday practices. Drawing on a set of data collected through semi-structured interviews with 13 parents, this study finds that despite environmental awareness and…

The study aims to determine the current implementations being used in foreign language education programs and to define how to use culture effectively in language learning environments according to the teachers' ideas since language and culture are inseparable. Phenomenology was chosen as the design of the study. 17 English lecturers from the…

Self-regulation is a set of skills that are important for development across the life course. Unfortunately, most research in this area has been conducted in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) countries, which limits our understanding of how these skills develop and can be promoted in other contexts, particularly in…

This study identifies different factors that contribute to Bahraini pre-service teachers' interest to specialize in early primary education. The sample of study comprised 108 year one and 49 foundation students enrolled in Bahrain Teachers College at the University of Bahrain. A stratified random sampling technique was used to insure the…

Background/purpose: This study aimed to investigate the extent to which the family environment predicts neuroticism and extraversion among students at Jadara University. A total of 425 university students were recruited. Materials/methods: Two scales, the Family Environment Scale and the Neuroticism and Extraversion Scale, derived from the Big…

Background/purpose: The aim of this research is to examine whether an indirect effect exists between perceived social support and student resilience. Perceived social support has been identified as a significant factor that directly contributes to the development of student resilience. Although perceived social support is a psychological…

In this paper, we delve into the impact of storytelling in a literacy methods course, exploring how it shaped preservice teachers' (PSTs) perceptions, hopes and actions regarding environmental justice. As PSTs collectively engaged with narratives in children's literature, we investigated how stories of environmentalism equipped them with the…

Background/purpose: This study examines the function of ecocriticism in Vietnamese children's literature, emphasizing the incorporation of ecological themes to promote environmental consciousness and cultural preservation. The analysis emphasizes the distinctive contributions of Vietnamese authors like Vu Hung and Nguyen Nhat Anh, who transform…

Drawing on recent emotion and multimedia research, we conducted an experimental study with university students combining induction of enjoyment or anger prior to learning with boring learning environment to scrutinise how emotions experienced prior to learning relate to experiencing boredom, anger, and enjoyment during learning and to students'…

Creating truly equitable education is a challenge. Equity, diversity, and inclusion endeavours are often characterized by a depreciative deficit-thinking and a problem-based view on diversity. In this article, we present the MIXED model (Multi-perspective Inclusive eXchanges for Equity and Diversity), which can support lecturers in establishing an…