In this study the relationships between the Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) levels and mindfulness levels of Music Teacher Candidates (MTC) were investigated. A large sample of undergraduate students (N = 524) from seven different universities from around Turkey took place in the study. The data was collected with both Kenny's MPA inventory and…

International student mobility (ISM) is considered increasingly important for professional careers. Referring to theories of human capital and job market signalling, we assume that different forms of ISM experience can serve as signals for general, specific and transnational human capital. To test this idea, we use a factorial survey experiment to…

The present study aims to investigate prospective teachers' views about creating websites for social studies teaching in distance education. To this end, the study employed the case study method, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group consisted of prospective social studies and classroom teachers studying in the 2019-2020…

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research holds an annual summer STEM program called Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS) in which rising 7th-12th graders are mentored by undergraduate STEM majors (near-peer mentors - NPMs) who facilitate hands-on, inquiry-centered activities. To make GEMS accessible to underserved and…

Preparing future teachers to be responsive to the needs of all students in their classrooms is the goalof any excellent teacher preparation program. How to prepare the preservice teachers (PTs) to be responsive to their students can be challenging. The study followed eight preservice teachers for two years and investigated their differentiation…

Deans, associate deans, and department chairs in higher education institutions manage not only their departments' course offerings but also faculty and students who teach and learn both in person and online. Possessing a good understanding of how to plan, supervise, and evaluate online degree programs for maximum efficiency, optimum student…

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that school districts provide eligible students with specially designed instruction that confers a free appropriate public education (FAPE). Depending on the unique needs of a student, FAPE may include physical education services. The IDEA also requires that a student's individualized…

In March 2020 education as we know it was changed in the blink of an eye. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reverberated throughout higher education around the world. Face-to-face classes were canceled and overnight many of us had to engage with on-line teaching and learning. This paper will look at the transition from face-to-face teaching, at…

The mental health difficulties and educational trajectories of adolescents with care-experience is a pervasive international concern. This article explores how digital technologies can facilitate self-reflective dialogues and informal education opportunities for adolescents with care-experience. Extracts from vlogs created during an ethnographic…

Participation dashboards in online discussions are learning support tools that can have a positive effect on learners' learning outcomes and satisfaction levels, but their effectiveness differs according to how learners recognize and interpret them. However, there is a lack of research investigating the effectiveness of visualization methods…

The role of the academic discipline is a major factor in the assessment design and implementation in higher education. Unfortunately, a clear understanding of how teachers from different disciplines approach assessment is still missing; this information can lead to teacher training programmes that are better designed and more focussed. The present…

The aim of this multiple case-study analysis was to find out the influence that service-learning methodology has on the development of sustainability competences amongst university students (Preschool, Primary and Social Education) of three Spanish Universities (UIC, UAM and USAL). A sample of 129 university students of the academic year 2017-18…

Virtual solutions of museums can be notably used to promote distance learning activities by providing information about their collections. However, the effective use of this potential depends mainly on the exact alignment of the learning activities with the educational goals. For this purpose, this study focuses on the analysis of pre-service…

Whether gamification is an organized structure that contributes to student achievement, a simple pontification process or total nonsense is a matter of debate. In such, this study was conducted to provide a scientific answer while exhibiting the gamification effect on student achievement with the meta-analysis method, which is based on…

When museums across the world closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and staff struggled to rethink their new roles in a challenging and unprecedented context, youth collectives -- long-term programs for teens and young adults, aged 15-24 -- reinvented themselves. The focus of my research is the digital projects developed during lockdown by youth…