Involvement in honors programs provides students an opportunity to grow academically, connect with like-minded peers, and reap tangible and intangible benefits. Understanding the motivations driving this involvement is a crucial task for honors program administrators and faculty alike as different motivations may influence how students engage and…

In India, the history of education has traversed a unique path in the last hundred years. The political influences guided the discipline, but at the same time, they were also contested and critiqued in equal measures. History of education as a discipline went through four distinct phases. The first phase coincided with the last stage of the…

Reading interest serves as an inherent driving force for children's reading. Current research shows that family cultural capital, school reading environment, and community reading culture all influence children's reading interests. According to the "family-school-community" collaborative education model, families, schools and communities…

Background: Despite gender similarity in math performance, gender disparities persist in math-related attitudes and STEM aspirations among adolescents globally. To disentangle this puzzle, some studies adopt the dimensional comparison theory to investigate the role of intra-individual comparative advantage across academic subjects, while others…

This paper examines the social influences determining S5/Year 12 and S6/Year 13 (final year) pupils' expectations of progression to university in a Scottish rural context in which pupils are less likely to go to university. In particular, we investigate the extent to which perceived support from parents, peers, and school, taking into account…

Purpose: An increasing non-drinker population is developing, but much research focusses on alcohol misuse, rather than the experiences of those who abstain or consume little alcohol, particularly within student populations. This student co-constructed qualitative research aimed to understand alcohol abstainer and light drinking students'…

Talented STEM students emerge from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Yet, students from high-income households have a higher likelihood of pursuing and obtaining a STEM college degree than students from low-income households (Camera, 2017; NCES, 2022; Niu, 2017). To enhance the graduation rates for students from low-income households, three…

The present study explored the associations of sociocultural pressure, emotional states (containing both negative affect and positive affect), self-control, and emotional eating in Chinese adolescents. Thousand three hundred forty-seven adolescents in China completed the Perceived Sociocultural Pressure Scale, the Trait Self-Control Scale, the…

This study examines the effects of parental support on learning engagement and the mediating roles of self-regulated learning (SRL) in mathematics online learning environments. A sample of 112 undergraduate students from the mathematics departments of two public universities in Malaysia participated in the study. We analyzed the data using…

The teaching of students with disabilities and/or special educational needs (SEN) has always been an emotionally demanding profession, requiring intensive and toilsome emotional labour for special education teachers (SETs). Situated within SETs' emotional experiences in special schools in China, this study explored the strategies and…

Purpose: This study aims to look at the motives and dynamics of career choices in the socio-cultural values of the Bugis community. Career choice factors are rarely approached from the aspect of socio-cultural values. One indicator of extrinsic factors is socio-cultural values. Design/methodology/approach: This study is qualitative research. The…

This visual essay explores the creative counter-narratives produced in the Theoretical-Practical Art and Gender Laboratories to Dismantle Violence Against Women and Girls, held virtually by the Women's Museum Costa Rica (WMCR) in alliance with the Cultural Centre of Spain in Costa Rica (October-November 2021). The laboratories focused on three…

Teacher stress has been a critical issue in both the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), with educators consistently reporting high levels of work-related stress. This study explored the multifaceted nature of teacher stress, drawing on the Coping-Competence-Context Theory to examine how societal context (i.e. country of residence),…

This study explores the role of social influence in the adoption strategies of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) among graduate and undergraduate students. Using the Unified Theory of the Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and its key behaviour intention determinant, social influence, the relationship between GenAI popularity among…

This study investigates the intricacies of Chinese female university teachers' identity performance on social media using a digital ethnographic approach. Data were collected through tracking 15 participants' posts on WeChat and maintaining informal communications with them over one academic year. Altogether 691 posts were collected and analysed…