The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships among preschool teacher's self-efficacy, teacher-child interaction, and peer interaction, and tried to find out any differences occurred based on young children's emotional intelligence. The research participants of the study were 68 preschool teachers and 210 preschool-aged children.…

At present, many schools implement teaching quality evaluation systems with student performance and practical activities as the core data of evaluation. Based on the introduction of the training objectives and discipline nature of the information management and information system specialty, this paper analyzes the construction principles of the…

Teacher burnout is a problem that impacts the school community. Students are adversely impacted when teachers experience burnout (Hastings & Bham, 2003). Teachers experiencing burnout have less well-being and less access to psychological capital (PsyCap). Therefore, evidence-informed solutions are needed to address teacher burnout in a…

This class activity explores the reciprocal dynamics of communication within the teaching-learning context, focusing on the interplay between instructors and students as well as among students themselves. Drawing from rhetorical relational goal theory, the needs audit is an applied activity centered on fostering empathy, cooperation, and…

Surveys are typical for student evaluation of teaching (SET). Survey research consistently confirms the negative impacts of careless responses on research validity, including low data quality and invalid research inferences. SET literature seldom addresses if careless responses are present and how to improve. To improve evaluation practices and…

This article critically examines current conceptualisations of learner feedback agency (LFA) by juxtaposing them against debates and origins of agency to uncover their existing limitations. This examination found three limitations, portraying LFA as a static construct, overemphasising behavioural enactments over underlying deliberations, and…

This study identifies characteristics of polygon class learning opportunities for 8-9-year-old children during the whole-class instruction. We consider the interplay between the geometrical tasks demanding different ways of reasoning, features of children's geometrical thinking, and the teacher's moves to identify characteristics of learning…

To explore the chain mediating effect of teacher-child conflict and sleeping disorders between work intensification on vocal fatigue of kindergarten teachers, 847 kindergarten teachers in China were investigated using the Work Intensification Scale, Teacher-Child Relationship Scale (TCRS), Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) and Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI).…

Collaborative relationships between nondominant families and the teachers of elementary-aged children are complicated by teachers' lack of training for family engagement and by hierarchical and racialized power differentials. Home visiting can create a space for teachers to center and honor families' ways of knowing and being, but those home…

Collaborative relationships between families and teachers of elementary-aged children are complicated by teachers' lack of training for family engagement and by hierarchical and racialized power differentials. Home visiting can create a space for teachers to center and honor families' ways of knowing and being, but those home visits need to be…

Students with math anxiety experience low self-efficacy and high levels of distress when asked to approach math tasks and concepts, which often results in poor course performance. Despite the wealth of research on this construct, relatively little is known about how math anxiety impacts math achievement in college-aged students or what types of…

Social Education implies a constant exposition to human experiences of vulnerability and suffering. In this paper, Levinas's philosophy of alterity and, specifically, the notion of hospitality constitutes our ethical lens to explore educational encounters in non-formal contexts within the Spanish Social Sector. The study is developed from a…

This paper provides a detailed account of the development of an instrument to investigate the emerging concept of presence in teaching (PiT) on a larger scale, explaining how the transition from data and findings from qualitative studies to a survey instrument was accomplished. In order to ensure relevance for teachers, the instrument needed to do…

School-based mentoring programmes in which teachers act as mentors have the potential to offer a non-stigmatizing and developmentally appropriate source of support for secondary school students. However, the experience of teacher-mentors is under-researched, particularly in Hong Kong. Fifteen mentors participating in a school-based mentoring…

This study used quantitative hierarchical regression modeling to investigate factors influencing student grades in the context of online tutoring, guided by Tinto's persistence theory. The purpose of this quantitative predictive correlational study was to determine if and to what extent do demographics (gender and age), prior academic success…