Objectives: This study investigated if unhealthy sleeping habits of university students can be explained by the Theory of Planned Behavior. Method: An online questionnaire was administered to 1006 undergraduate students at a Belgian university to measure their frequency of irregular sleeping times, daytime napping, and pre-bedtime alcohol or…

Autistic youth have a high co-occurrence of mental health challenges and a resultant high need for mental health treatment. However, they experience mental health service disparities compared to non-autistic youth. Social determinants of health (SDH) may contribute to mental health service disparities among autistic youth, yet this has not been…

Parent involvement in the early intervention process can positively influence parent-child interactions and child outcomes. However, there is limited literature describing parents' perceptions of their involvement, though these perceptions may help to partially explain the effectiveness of early intervention and the process underlying intervention…

This article uses English as a Foreign Language education as a lens to bring a post-colonial perspective to the conceptualisation and application of global citizenship education in Global South contexts. To achieve this objective, four standardised English as a Foreign Language textbooks that are currently used in public middle schools in Algeria…

The objective of the study was to use mortar to teach the concept of the surface area of a cylinder. The target group included knowledgeable Akan traditional artists, seasoned mathematics teachers, and senior high school students from the Ashanti Region in Ghana. Data collection tools included Focus Group Discussions and interviews, with informed…

This study critically analyzes the portrayal of Islamic ethics and Moroccan cultural values in two prominent EFL textbooks, "Ticket to English 1" and "English Horizons." Using qualitative content analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the study assesses how well fundamental Islamic principles such as compassion,…

Background/purpose: Having a child with an intellectual disability creates significant challenges for parents, including psychological and social burdens. These challenges directly impact the home-school partnership and the child's educational experience. This study investigates the parental stress experienced by caregivers of children with…

Background/purpose: The difficulty faced by students with disabilities in obtaining employment after completing school is a global concern. In Malaysia, the government has implemented the Malaysia Skills Certificate (MSC) as a means of equipping student with disabilities with practical and vocational skills while still in school. However, little…

Online learning as an emerging learning method has a significant impact on education, which cannot be ignored. This article explores the relationship between engagement (including cognition, behavior and emotion), motivation, environment, and college students' concentration in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 889 college…

Background/purpose: The use of AI in EFL writing instruction has been identified as a potential way of improving learning outcomes. Nevertheless, there are concerns about overreliance, cultural limitations, and the inability of AI to measure creativity and emotional tone. This paper aims to investigate the opportunities and challenges of applying…

Despite growing attention to teacher burnout, limited research has explored teachers' work passion fluctuations, particularly in experimental school settings. This study investigated the processes influencing teachers' work passion fluctuations in a public experimental elementary school in Taiwan. Seven participants were interviewed, including…

The research examines the concept of consciousness from a materialistic and idealistic position and clarifies the essence of the concept of moral consciousness. The authors give a brief overview of the problem of forming moral consciousness of schoolchildren. The authors describe the influence of the humanities and natural sciences on the…

Adolescents' peer interactions strongly influence their school behavior, raising the question of whether parents can still direct adolescents' friendship choices or whether they are mostly on the sidelines. Chinese cultural values emphasize the importance of having "good" friends, raising questions about adolescents' adherence to…

The increasing demand for computer science (CS) skills underscores the importance of integrating CS education into K-12 curricula to best prepare students for a digitally-driven society. Despite significant progress in expanding access to CS courses, disparities in participation persist, especially among historically underrepresented groups. This…

Objective: With conditions such as sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies disproportionately impacting college students who identify as people with uteruses (PWUs), this qualitative study uses frameworks of narrative medicine and the socioecological model to explore diverse perspectives of PWUs toward seeking sexual and…