The proliferation of entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions has been fueled by the pressure to promote the economy and educate a new workforce who can be agile workers moving between an employee and self-employed (Fayolle & Gailly, 2015; Navi et al., 2017). As a result, entrepreneurship education, which refers to education…

Feedback is an expected and essential part of academic work; however, giving and receiving feedback often causes angst and distress, an aspect not often addressed. To foster conversations about feedback for teaching development, we developed an interactive event designed to explore and practice giving and receiving feedback. A mixed-methods…

Since its conception, the "Harry Potter" franchise has become a cultural phenomenon which transgresses national borders. As many "Potter" fans struggle with how to manage their fandom in the face of author J.K. Rowling's transphobic stance, the book series may ironically and more specifically be used to improve attitudes toward…

Current literature reveals the importance of expanding the educational toolchest to include teaching through games. Game-based learning has been extensively studied, underscoring a human need to have fun while learning. This research project focused on the development of "Paved Paradise: A Tiny House Ecovillage Board Game," that could…

Teacher self-efficacy is among the most important motivational constructs in teacher education research. Limited studies have examined changes during the transitioning period from preservice into the first years of formal school teaching. This mixed-method study reports on changes in teacher self-efficacy (TSE) and its sources from the completion…

Information can change: science advances, newspapers retract claims, and reccomendations shift. Successfully navigating the world requires updating and changing beliefs, a process that is sensitive to a person's motivation to change their beliefs as well as the credibility of the source providing the new information. Here, we report three studies…

A foundational principle of experiential learning is to reflectively process the information learned from an experience. The purpose of this paper is to explore how Science With Practice, an undergraduate experiential learning program, used Do, Reflect, Apply to facilitate reflective practice in portfolios. DRA is an adaptation of the 4-H EL Model…

International students often feel less belonging and well-being due to adapting to new life and culture. Positive psychology has been widely used to enhance individuals' well-being and resilience. Previous research has applied positive psychology interventions in various contexts. However, few studies have explored the possibility of implementing…

This study explored the evolution of professional perceptions guiding teacher training in Israel, examining two alternative explanations for their dynamic development: the first one focuses on the modernisation of professional perceptions, drawing on Hargreaves' theory of the four stages of teacher professionalism; the second delves into the…

A persistent challenge for Australian higher education policymakers and researchers has been to understand why policies and practices have met with limited success in widening the participation and attainment of non-traditional students. This paper explores theorising Narrative Identity as a constructive methodological framework for understanding…

Objective: To assess changes in perceptions of COVID-19 worry and perceived severity, changes in COVID-19 vaccination status, and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination among college students. Participants: 2,252 participants were recruited from a personal wellness course across four academic semesters at a large public university. Methods: Participants…

This study analyses changes in students' perceptions of online examinations during the transition from a face-to-face to a fully online assessment system. We compare data from a survey administered to two samples of students at a distance learning university at the end of two consecutive academic years in which a new online examination system was…

For the past five decades, the majority of science education has adhered to a pedagogical philosophy which contends that issues in the acquisition and expression of target scientific narratives by learners stem from the existence of "incorrect beliefs" called misconceptions. According to this philosophy, misconceptions must be…

This study seeks to understand the experiences of a teacher who has participated in professional learning that focuses on the values, beliefs, and enjoyment that primary school teachers experience about mathematics teaching. Using a quantitative ethnography methodology, an epistemic network analysis was applied to understand these changes…

As schools have become ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diversified, multicultural mathematics education is emerging as the paradigm of school mathematics reform. When considering that an enacted curriculum is a set of beliefs put into action by a teacher, it is important to understand teachers' beliefs for the successful implementation…