Work avoidance, or the goal to reduce effort in an achievement context, is related to disengagement and may offer insight into disengaged students and employees. To shed light on this issue, we investigated the antecedents of work avoidance in academic and work contexts to distinguish it from mastery, performance-approach, and…

Aim of this research is to examine the relationship between adolescents' subjective well-being and parenting style and smartphone addiction by several variables. The research population was composed of high school students studying in Kocaeli province in the academic year of 2017-2018. The sample was composed of 671 adolescents attending 6…

This mixed methods study examined (a) physical education teachers' self-reported motivational climate and (b) students' perceptions about the motivational climate promoted by their teachers, to identify the coherence between students' and teachers' views from elementary, middle, and high schools. Fifteen PE teachers (9 males, 6 females)…

As college faculty who prepare future teachers, we strive to teach our students through instruction and modeling best practices in teaching. We constantly evaluate our teaching and make adjustments to include updated knowledge about effective instruction. The evaluation and adjustments made to our courses lend themselves to action research. We…

Training of Physics teachers remains still a quite big challenge in the context of developing secondary education system. Taking into account new objectives in teaching Physics of pupils and students within the emerging philosophy of education and the objective difficulties of mastering the content, the training of a Physics teacher should be…

Although teachers' commitment to continuous professional learning is crucial for high quality education, research shows that this learning cannot be taken for granted. To better understand how teachers' learning at work can be supported, this study investigates how effects of job demands (i.e. work pressure and emotional pressure) and job…

The standardized residency training in China is continuous medical education for postgraduates, which is designed to master basic knowledge, theory, and clinical skills. Case-based discussion (CBD) is one of the main formative curricula used in standardized residency training. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a novel CBD…

Leadership and motivation are inseparable. Principals' transformational leadership has been a focus in education over a decade because of the crucial role it plays in influencing the performance of teachers and students. There is a call for principals who are more transformational and less transactional. Prior research has established that…

Internships are widely promoted extra-curricular experiences that can have positive impacts on student outcomes, yet how specific elements of internships contribute to these outcomes and facilitate learning is understudied. In this sequential mixed-methods study, we use sociocultural learning theory to interpret data from surveys (n = 435) and…

Empirical research methods were used to study the motivation factors that may persuade young adults in Thailand to learn finance. We aim to clarify the stimulus factors to acquire financial knowledge and stimulus factors to change financial behavior and demonstrate their importance to incorporate in the game design by integrating psychological…

According to the annual report of the EF EPI (Education First - English Proficiency Index), the level of fluency in English by Italians is among the lowest in Europe. It is important that young people acquire language skills at school, especially during secondary schools, so as not to be penalized at university or when looking for work. However,…

Simulation-based medical education (SBME) is a proven instructional method for increasing knowledge gains in medical learners. However, it is difficulty to implement because of cost, technical considerations, and issues of accessibility. This experimental, mixed-methods study of senior-level nursing students sought to understand what impact an…

This study examined resource high school students' self-concept and the effect that it has on academic achievement in a rural school district in low country South Carolina. This study examined the self-concept model of the Piers-Harris 3. In the Piers Harris 3 model, the researcher examined six self-concept domains. These six self-concept domains…

Research has established the vital role administrators play in the success and sustainability of high-quality early childhood care and education (ECEC) programs. However, many center-based program administrators assume their leadership roles by being promoted from a teaching position. Consequently, while they may assume their administrative role…

The dual-factor model of mental health proposes that high wellbeing and low distress are necessary to define mental health. This study used latent profile analysis to identify mental health profiles in a sample of 3,587 Australian grade 6 students and explored the association between mental health profiles and school outcomes measured in grades 7…