Scholars have documented a tendency of (semi-)authoritarian regimes to undermine university autonomy, mainly through organizational (de jure) changes. This paper presents a case study of a publicly triggered plagiarism investigation by the University of Belgrade into the doctoral thesis of the Serbian Minister of Finance, one of the key members of…

In this article, I review research on adolescent-parent relationships and youth well-being in Turkey. Turkey is a country that has changed rapidly due to urbanization and globalization, and that is characterized by cultural heterogeneity in values, all of which have implications for parent-child relationships. I focus first on parenting styles,…

Creativity is generally considered a personal attribute, which is individualist and cognitive and less as a relational construct situated culturally and collectively. Past comparative cultural studies of creativity involving East Asian contexts focus on an individualist and cognitive perspective with relatively limited research investigating the…

This article examines the causes and outcomes of two university reforms during the single-party era in Turkey (1923-1946), focusing on the implications of the reforms in terms of higher education governance models--the state-control and academic self-governance--that are ultimately characterized by the balance between the type and degree of…

While there has been much research focused on beginning teachers; and mathematical problem solving in the classroom, little is known about beginning primary teachers' learning to teach mathematics through problem solving. This longitudinal study examined what supported beginning teachers to start and sustain teaching mathematics through problem…

We examined how parent math attitudes and practices relate to emergent math skills in 72 preschoolers from low-income households. Specifically, we investigated parents' views about the importance of math learning, their confidence in teaching math, their perceptions of child interest in math, and their time spent engaging their child in math…

Bonne and Higgins (2022) explore game playing and fluctuations in emotional climate at a classroom level of analysis using a social and phenomenological orientation. My aim in this forum paper is to extend upon their work by exploring the nature of both formal game rules and practical game rules as reasoning-in-action where science reasoning may…

This article shows the significance of college-going aspiration in the future identities of young girls and the sources of such influence in their worlds. Using the figured worlds theory, the paper analyzes the process and implications of these young girls' college-going aspirations. Drawing on interviews and observations with nineteen young girls…

Research Findings: This study investigated the relationship between the use of digital devices (DD) by preschool children in Hong Kong and their early development. The moderating role of family socioeconomic status (SES) was also examined. A total of 877 Chinese Hong Kong children aged 3-5 years old from 18 kindergartens and their parents…

The world of applied linguistics and the profession of foreign language teaching needs to finally sweep away the notion of "Native Speaker" (NS) and the deficit perspective surrounding foreign language learners. We argue that Positive Psychology is a source of inspiration for a new and more positive perspective on foreign language…

'Son, the only thing that I want is to tell you is that I need you to be aware that you are getting out of a Ferrari and into a Citroneta.' This is what David's father said to him when he left engineering to enter physical education. In his new career, a teacher educator asked him, 'Why didn't you study something more difficult?' David's…

Sports, along with nearly all facets of life, have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Basketball Association quickly adopted a unique method to finish the 2019-2020 regular season and playoffs. The entire league quarantined for months in what was known as the "NBA bubble" where games were played in spectator-less…

In this research, it was aimed to determine learners' perceptions of the target language and target culture through metaphors. It is structured with a phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research designs. The participants of the study were selected by purposive sampling method. The participants of the research consisted of 101 learners…

Guided by the self-system process model, the aim of this study was to unravel the relationship between students' perceived teacher support and academic achievement as well as to address the role of student engagement, using a meta-analytic approach. Based on 71 empirical articles, we found that there was a small to medium correlation between…

This study aims to identify the factors influencing pre-service teachers' use of information technologies in educational settings and to validate a technology acceptance model that is extended by employing variables related to innovativeness. The data were collected from 1819 pre-service teachers studying in 12 different teacher education programs…