Introduction: Career transitions are considered to be the most challenging tasks in adolescence. Personal resources are important factors in coping with the difficulties encountered during transitions and help individuals to adjust more smoothly to these transitions. Using a person-centered approach, this study aims to identify typologies of…

Classroom management is a popular topic in early childhood settings, but what exactly does it mean? In this eye-opening book, educators and caregivers are invited to redefine what it means to their teaching--shifting away from control and obedience and adopting a model of guidance, support, and celebration. Filled with reflective prompts and…

Resilience as a concept continues to be mobilised as children and young people navigate the climate crisis and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, social isolation, and school closures. In this paper, we explore Rose and Lentzos (2017) position on 'the polyvalence of resilient strategies' (p. 44) to analyse the complex…

This study examined university instructors' changes in conceptions of teaching and learning through a compact Knowledge Building Professional Development (KBPD) program. Ten instructors from an autonomous university in Singapore joined this study. Data were gathered from multiple sources, including classroom artefacts, surveys, and interviews. The…

This research explores the role of sports initiatives, both within and outside educational settings, in the integration of Ukrainian war refugees in Austria, Germany, and England. By analyzing interviews with ten refugees, the study investigates how sports activities influence key aspects of integration, including social cohesion, a sense of…

Classroom lighting, when set to high luminous (lx) and cooler correlated color temperature (CCT) conditions, can increase student focus, concentration, and oral reading fluency (Mott et al., 2012; 2014). However, when illuminance is too high and color temperature is too cool, irritating and adverse effects can occur such as visual fatigue and…

Universities face organisational challenges to learn and adopt administrative practices that aid both staff and educational development. Although the prospects of ambidexterity as an organisational learning strategy are appreciated in research and practice, understanding the nature of culture-based factors that support ambidextrous mindsets in…

Student mental health has declined in recent years, particularly among minoritized and first-generation students, yet research on their help-seeking behaviors is limited. This study aims to address these gaps by examining help-seeking attitudes, styles, and sources in college students, with a focus on minoritized groups. A total of 206…

Early language environments are considered to support children's language development; however, it is unclear to what extent early language environments relate to skills other than language abilities. We examined (1) whether the preschool language environment (measured as adult words heard and conversational turns) is associated with children's…

Once the unifying center of American higher education, religion has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past 220 years. From its origins as the core of a unified understanding of truth as it was taught at the nation's first colleges to its current presence on the periphery of campus life, religion has both shaped and been shaped by the…

The objectives of this research were 1) To analyze the current conditions, desired conditions and influencing factors that subjective well-being of private university students. 2) To develop the sustainable educational management strategies for enhancing subjective well-being of private university students. 3) To evaluate the feasibility and the…

This paper examines the concept of joyful teaching in higher education and discusses common themes associated with it, as well as presents challenges. It is this concept of joyful teaching that we believe should be discussed and explored in greater detail, especially as it is an emerging concept with decolonizing pedagogies. This study uses 29…

At the Fifth Biomedical Engineering (BME) Education Summit in 2024, the BME education professional community discussed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in a series of workshops. The goals were to identify professional competencies related to DEI that support students after graduation, to outline strategies for including DEI principles in…

This study aimed to examine how incentives, transformational leadership, and motivation directly and indirectly affect the job satisfaction of elementary school teachers. A quantitative approach with an explanatory research design was adopted. Using stratified random sampling, data were collected from 251 instructors and analyzed through…

Across the U.S., a growing movement toward education freedom is driving the rise of "edupreneurs"--educators, parents and entrepreneurs creating innovative learning environments designed to meet the needs of individual kids. As used in this paper, the term edupreneur includes owners and operators of private schools and programs for…